The English , 

Spelling-Book 

BY 

WILLIAM MAVOR LL.D. 

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ILLUSTRATED BY KATE GREENAWAY 



LONDON 

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS 

BROADWAY, LUDCATE HILL 
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English Spelling-Book 

ACCOMPANIED BY 

A PROGRESSIVE SERIES 

OF 

EASY AND FAMILIAR LESSONS 


BY 

WILLIAM MAVOR, LL.D. 

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ILLUSTRATED BY KATE GREENAWAY 

ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 



GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS 

BROADWAY, LUDGATE IIILL 
NEW YORK : 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE 
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Yy Z z 


The Italic Letters. 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP 
QRSTUVWXYZ 
abode f g hi jklmnopqrstuvw 
x y z 

The Vowels are, a e i o u y 
The Consonants are, bed f g h j k Ijn n p q 
r s t v w x z 


Diphthongs, &c. 


JE 

CE 

se 

oe 

1 & 

& c. 

AE 

OE 

ae 

| oe 

| and 

1 et ccetera. 


Old English Capitals. 

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$ 1 H >#B J | % 

Old English, small. 

a b c it e f g j) t j k l m n 0 p q r s i it & to * g 3 


Arabic Numerals. 


1234567890 
Roman Numerals. 

I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. 
XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XIX. XX. 

C. D. M. 














io Syllables of two Letters. 


Lesson 1. 


ba 

be 

bi 

bo 

bu 

by 

ca 

ce 

ci 

CO 

cu 

cy 

da 

de 

di 

do 

du 

dy 

fa 

fe 

fi 

fo 

fu 

fy 



Lesson 2. 



g a 

g e 

gi 

g° 

g u 

gy 

ha 

he 

hi 

ho 

hu 

hy 

i a 

j e 

J 1 

j° 

j u 

jy 

ka 

ke 

ki 

ko 

ku 

ky 

la 

le 

li 

lo 

lu 

iy 



Lesson 3. 



ma 

me 

mi 

mo 

mu 

my 

na 

ne 

ni 

no 

nu 

n y 

pa 

pe 

P/ 

po 

pu 

py 

ra 

re 

ri 

ro 

ru 

r y 

sa 

se 

si 

so 

su 

sy 



Lesson 4. 



ta 

te 

ti 

to 

tu 

ty 

va 

ve 

vi 

VO 

vu 

vy 

wa 

we 

wi 

wo 

wu 

wy 

ya 

ye 

y\ 

yo 

yu 

yy 

za 

ze 

zi 

zo 

zu 

zy 






Syllables of two Letters. 


I T 


Lesson 5. 

ab ac ad af ag al 

eb ec ed ef eg el 

ib ic id if ig il 

ob oc od of og ol 

ub uc ud uf ug ul 




Lesson 6. 



am 

an 

ap 

ar 

as 

at 

em 

en 

ep 

er 

es 

et 

im 

in 

T 

ir 

is 

it 

om 

on 

op 

or 

os 

ot 

um 

un 

up 

ur 

us 

ut 



Lesson 7. 



ax 

am 

on 

yo 

me 

so 

ex 

of 

no 

he 

be 

wo 

ix 

ye 

my 

at 

to 

lo 

ox 

by 

as 

up 

ye 

g° 

ux 

an 

or 

ho 

we 

do 


Lesson 8. 


in 

so 

am 

an 

if 

ha 

ay 

oy 

my 

ye 

be 

as 

oh 

it 

on 

g° 

no 

us 

me 

we 

up 

to 

us 

lo 






12 Syllables of two Letters . 


He is up. 
It is so. 
Do ye so. 

Lesson 9. 

We go in. 

Lo we go. 

I go up. 

So do we. 
As we go. 
If it be so. 

I am he. 

Lesson io. 

So do I. 

I do go. 

He is in. 

It is an ox. 

Is he on. 

I go on. 

He or me. 

We do so. 

Ah me! 

Lesson 11. 

Be it so. 

Do so. 

I am off. 

I am to go. 

It is I. 

Ye do go. 

So it is. 

He is to go. 

Ye go by 

Lesson 12. 

us. Ah me, it is so. 

It is my ox. If ye 

do go in. 

Do as we 

do. So do 

' we go on. 


Lesson 13. 

If he is to go. Is it so or no ? 

I am to do so. If I do go in. 

It is to be on. Am I to go on ? 








Easy Words of three Letters. 


13 


Lesson 1. 


bad 

dad 

lad 

mad 

pad 

sad 

bed 

fed 

led 

ned 

red 

wed 

bid 

hid 

Lesson 2. 
lid god 

nod 

bud 

did 

kid 

rid 

hod 

rod 

mud 

big 

wig 

Lesson 3. 
dog jog 

hug 

P u g 

dig 

bog 

fog 

bug 

jog 

rug 


log 

hog 

dug 

mug 

tug 

can 

pan 

Lesson 4. 
zan hen 

din 

kin 

fan 

ran 

den men 

fin 

pin 

man 

van 

fen 

pen 

gin 

sin 

cap 

lap 

Lesson 5. 
pap tap 

HP 

rip 

g a P 

map 

rap 

dip 

nip 

sip 

hap 

nap 

sap 

hip 

pip 

tip 

tar 

far 

Lesson 6. 
mar car 

fir 

cur 

bar 

jar 

par 

war 

sir 

pur 

bat 

mat 

Lesson 7. 
bet let 

wet 

kit 

cat 

pat 

fet 

met 

bit 

sit 

fat 

rat 

get 

net 

fit 

dot 

hat 

sat 

jet 

pet 

hit 

wit 

got 

jot 

Lesson 8. 
not rot 

but 

nut 

hot 

lot 

pot 

sot 

hut 

put 











14 Lessons of three Letters. 


shy 

thy 

fly 

ply 

Lesson 9. 
sly cry 
bry dry 

fry 

pry 

try 

wry 



Lesson 10. 



for 

was 

dog 

the 

you 

and 

may 

art 

egg 

see 

eat 

fox 

are 

ink 

had 

off 

boy 

has 


Lessons , in Words not exceeding three Letters. 


Lesson i. 


Lesson 2. 


His pen is bad. 
I met a man. 
He has a net. 
We had an egg. 


Let me get a nap. 
My hat was on. 
His hat is off. 

We are all up. 


Lesson 3. 

Let the cat be put in a bag. 
I can eat an egg. 

The dog bit my toe. 

The cat and dog are at war. 


Lesson 4. 

You are a bad boy, if you pull off 
the leg of a fly. 

A fox got the old hen, and ate her. 
Our dog got the pig. 

Do as you are bid, or it may be 
bad for you. 






Words of one Syllable . 


15 


By attending to the Leading Sound of the Vowel, the 
/ollowing classification will be found to combine the advan¬ 
tages, both of a Spelling and a Pronouncing Vocabulary. 


cart 

dart 

hart 

part 

tart 

band 

hand 

land 

sand 

hall 

pall 

tall 

wall 

fang 

g an g 

hang 

rang 

bard 

card 

hard 

lard 

yard 

bark 

dark 

hark 

lark 

mark 

park 

barm 

farm 


harm 

cash 

hash 

mash 

rash 

sash 

cast 

fast 

last 

past 

bath 

lath 

path 

balk 

talk 

walk 

halt 

malt 

salt 

calf 

half 

balm 

calm 

palm 

milk 

silk 

bulk 

hulk 

bell 

cell 


fell 

sell 

tell 

well 

bilF 

fill 

kill 

mill 

pill 

will 

doll 

loll 

dull 

gull 

hull 

bull 

full 

pull 

poll 

roll 

toll 

pelf 

helm 

help 

yelp 

belt 

melt 

giit 

hilt 

tilt 


bolt 

colt 

camp 

damp 

lamp 

hemp 

limp 

bump 

dump 

jump 

pump 

bend 

mend 

rend 

send 

bind 

find 

kind 

mind 

wind 


bank 

rank 

sank 

link 

pink 

sink 

wink 

sunk 

monk 

pant 

rant 

lent 

rent 

sent 

tent 

went 

dint 

hint 

lint 

mint 


bond 

pond 

fond 

ring 

sing 

wing 

long 

song 

hung 

sung 


herb 

verb 

curb 

herd 

bird 

third 

cord 

lord 

cork 

fork 






























16 

Words of one Syllable. 


ford 

rasp 

nigh 

march 

chill 

fort 

lisp 

sigh 

latch 

drill 

port 

mass 

high 

catch 

skill 

pork 

pass 

less 

warm 

fetch 

spill 

word 

wasp 

ditch 

still 

work 

mess 

dwarf 

pitch 

droll 

worm 

hiss 

wharf 

witch 

stroll 

barn 

kiss 

storm 

gnat 

psalm 

yarn 

fern 

miss 

moss 

form 

sort 

knack 

knock 

whelm 

spelt 

born 

loss 

quart 

wolf 

kneel 

knob 

know 

spilt 

stilt 

corn 

best 

horn 

jest 

lest 

tomb 

thumb 

lorn 

jamb 

lamb 

fight 

dumb 

morn 

nest 

knight 

cramp 

stamp 

burn 

rest 

straw 

light 

turn 

vest 

gnaw 

might 

clamp 

torn 

west 

awl 

night 

plump 

worn 

zest 

bawl 

right 

trump 

bars 

fist 

owl 

sight 

brand 

cars 

mist 

fowl 

tight 

grand 

stand 

tars 

host 

growl 

blight 

flight 

dish 

most 

smith 

strand 

fish 

post 

pith 

bright 

blend 

wish 

dust 

both 

breeze 

spend 

with 

gust 

must 

sloth 

sneeze 

blind 

gush 

broth 
- .. 

freeze 

grind 

rush 

rust 

cloth 

small 

bring- 

task 

cost 

froth 

stall 

o 

cling 

dusk 

lost 

moth | 

dwell 

fling 

husk 

cow 

welsh 

knell 

o 

sting 

musk 

bow 

haunch 

smell 

swing 

rusk 

vow 

launch 

spell 

thing 

tusk 

now 

arch 

swell 

wring 



































Words of one Syllable. 


r 7 


spring 

string 

wrong- 

o 

strong 

throng 

strung 

flung 

stung 

swung 

drank 

frank 

thank 

blank 

flank 

plank 

plant 

brink 

clink 

drink 

slink 

think 

drunk 

trunk 

rhyme 


thyme 

scene 

scythe 

scheme 

school 

grant 

slant 

scent 

spent 

flint 

blunt 

grunt 

front 

board 

hoard 

sword 

shark 

spark 

snarl 

twirl 

whirl 

churn 

stern 


scorn 

thorn 

shorn 

sworn 

sport 

smart 

chart 

start 

shirt 

skirt 

spirt 

short 

snort 

clash 

crash 

smash 

trash 

wash 

quash 

brush 

crush 

flush 

plush 


brisk 

whisk 

whisp 

clasp 

g^sp 

brass 

glass 

bless 

dress 

stress 

bliss 

dross 

gloss 

blest 

chest 

crest 

twist 

thrust 

crust 

trust 

crost 

frost 

dog 


man 

boy 

girl 

egg 

hen 

cock 

book 

bee 

coach 

cart 

pie 

tart 

milk 

tom 

sam 

will 

fire 

smoke 

sun 

moon 

stars 

rod 

stick 


Common Words to be known at Sight. 


and 

this 

all 

our 

your 

art 

will 

an 

that 

as 

they 

what 

is 

would 

the 

but 

he 

them 

these 

are 

shall 

of 

no 

she 

their 

those 

was 

should 

for 

not 

it 

who 

there 

were 

may 

from 

with 

him 

whom 

some 

been 

might 

to 

up 

her 

whole 

when 

have 

can 

on 

or 

we 

which 

be 

has 

could 

by 

if 

us 

you 

am 

had 

must 





























i8 


Words of one Syllable. 


Words to be known at Sight with Capitals. 


The 

Up 

She 

Might 

From 

Who 

Your 

An 

Or 

it 

Would 

That 

j Their 

What 

Of 

But 

Him 

Shall 

Whole 

Them 

These 

And 

If 

Her 

May 

Has 

Those 

There 

For 

No 

We 

Can 

Am 

With 

Was 

On 

All 

Us 

Should 

Art 

They 

Were 

To ! 

Not 

Our 

Could 

Is 

When 

Been 

This 

He 

You 

Will 

Whom 

Some 

Have 

By | 

As 

Be 

Had 

Are | 

Whichl 

Must 


bab 

babe 

Lessons on 
fir fire 

the e 

mut 

final. 

mute 

j sid 

side 

ban 

bane 

for 

fore 

nam 

name sir 

sire 

bar 

bare 

gal 

gak 

nod 

node 

j sit 

site 

bid 

bide 

gam 

game 

nor 

nore 

; sol 

I 

Sole 

bil 

bile 

gat 

gate 

not 

note 

sur 

sure 

bit 

bite 

gor 

gore 

od 

ode 

tal 

tale 

can 

cane 

har 

hare 

pan 

pane 

tarn 

tame 

car 

care 

hat 

hate 

par 

pare 

tap 

tape 

cap 

cape 

her 

here 

pd 

pile 

tar 

tare 

con 

cone 

hid 

hide 

pin 

pine 

tid 

tide 

cop 

cope 

hop 

hope 

pol 

pole 

tim 

time 

dal 

dale 

hoi 

hole 

por 

pore 

ton 

tone 

dam 

dame 

kit 

kite 

rat 

rate 

top 

tope 

dar 

dare 

lad 

lade 

rid 

ride 

tub 

tube 

dat 

date 

mad 

made 

rip 

ripe 

tun 

tune 

din 

dine 

man 

mane 

rob 

robe 

van 

vane 

dol 

dole 

mar 

mare 

rod 

rode 

val 

vale 

dom 

dome 

mat 

mate 

rop 

rope 

vil 

vile 

dot 

dote 

mil 

mile 

rot 

rote 

vin 

vine 

fam 

fame 

mod 

mode 

rud 

rude 

vot 

vote 

fan 

fane 

mol 

mole 

rul 

rule 

wid 

wide 

fat 

fate 

mop 

mope 

sal 

sale 

win 

wine 

fin 

fine 

mor 

more 

sam 

same 

wir 

wire 




















Lessons of one Syllable. 


19 


Lessons, consisting of easy words of one Syllable. 


A mad ox 

An old man 

A new fan 

Lesson 1. 

A wild colt 

A tame cat 

A lean cow 

A live calf 

A gold ring 

A warm muff 

A fat duck 

Lesson 2. 

A lame pig 

A good dog 

He can call 

You will fall 

He may beg 

You can tell 

He must sell 

I will run 

I am tall 

I shall dig 

Tom was hot 

She is well 

Lesson 3. 
He did laugh 

He is cold 

You can walk 

Ride your nag 

Fly your kite 

Do not slip 

Ring the bell 

Give it me 

Fill that box 

Spin the top 

Take you bat 

Lesson 4. 

Take this book Toss that ball 

Buy it for us 

A good boy 

A sad dog 

A new whip 

A bad man 

A soft bed 

Get your book 

A dear girl 

A nice cake 

Go to the door 

A fine lad 

A long stick 

Come to the fire 


Speak out 
Do not cry 
I love you 
Look at it 


Lesson 5. 

Do you love me 
Be a good girl 
I like good boys 
All will love you 


Come and read 
Hear what I say 
Do as you are bid 
Mind your book 













20 


Lessons of one Syllable. 


Lessons in Words of one Syllable. 
Lesson i. 


Miss Jane Bond had a new doll; and her 
good Aunt, who bought it, gave her some cloth 
to make a shift for it. She gave her a coat too, 
and a pair of stays, and a yard of twist with a 
tag to it, for a lace ; a pair of red shoes, and 
a piece of blue silk to make doll a slip, some 
gauze for a frock, and a broad white sash. 

Now these were fine things you know; but 
Miss Jane had no thread, so she could not 
make doll’s clothes when she had cut them out; 
but her kind Aunt gave her some thread too, 
and then she went hard to work, and made doll 
quite smart in a short time. 








Lessons of one Syllable. 


21 



Lesson 2. 

Please to give me a plum. Here is one. 

I want more, I want ten, if you please. 
Here are ten. Count them. I will. One (1), 
two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), 
seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10). 



















22 


Lessons of one Syllable. 



Lesson 3. 

I knew a nice girl, but she was not good : 
she was cross, and told fibs. One day she went 
out to take a walk in the fields, and tore her 
frock in a bush; and when she came home, she 
said she had not done it, but that the dog had 
done it with his paw. Was that good ?—No. 

Her Aunt gave her a cake ; and she thought 
il John saw it, he would want to have a bit; 
and she did not choose he should ; so she put 
it in a box and hid it, that he might not see it. 
The next day she went to eat some of her cake, 
but it was gone ; there was a hole in the box, 
and a mouse had crept in, and eat it all. She 

















Lessons of one Syllable. 


2 3 


then did cry so much that the nurse thought she 
was hurt; but when she told her what the mouse 
had done, she said she was glad of it; and that 
it was a bad thing to wish to eat it all, and not 
to give a bit to John. 


Lesson 4. 

Miss Rose was a good child, she did at all 
times what she was bid. She got all her tasks 
by heart, and did her work quite well. One 
day she had learnt a long task in her book, and 
done some nice work; so her Aunt said, you 

























24 


Lessons of one Syllable. 


are a good girl, my dear, and I will take you 
with me to see Miss Cox. 

So Miss Rose went with her Aunt, and Miss 
Cox was quite glad to see her, and took her to 
her play-room, where they saw a Doll’s house, 
with rooms in it; there were eight rooms; and 
there were in these rooms chairs, and stools, 
and beds, and plates, and cups, and spoons, and 
knives, and forks, and mugs, and a screen, and 
I do not know what. So Miss Rose was glad 
she had done her work, and said her task so 
well; for if she had not she would have staid at 
home, and lost the sight of the Doll’s house. 

Lesson 5. 

Come, James, make haste. Now read your 
book. Here is a pin to point with. Do not 
tear the book. Spell that word. That is a good 
boy. Now go and play till I call you in. 














Lessons of one Syllable . 


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Lesson 6. 

The sun shines. Open your eyes, good girl. 
Get up. Maid, come and dress Jane. Boil 
some milk for a poor girl. Do not spill the 
milk. Hold the spoon in your right hand. Do 
not throw the bread on the ground. Bread is 
made to eat, and you must not waste it. 


Lesson 7. 

Charles went out to walk in the fields; he 
saw a bird, and ran to catch it; and when they 
said, Do not take the poor bird ; what will you 
do with it ? He said, 1 will put it in a cage and 
keep it. But they told him he must not; for 
they were sure he would not like to be shut up 
in a cage, and run no more in the fields—why 
then should the poor bird like it ? So Charles 
let the poor thing fly. 









26 


Lessons of one Syllable. 


Lesson 8. 

Here is a fine sleet cat. She purrs, and 
frisks, and wags her tail. Do not tease her, or 
she will scratch you, and make you bleed. 

See what a sweet bird this is. Look at his 
bright eyes, his fine wings, and nice long tail. 


Lesson 9. 

Try to learn fast. Thank those who teach 
you. Strive to speak plain. Speak as if the 
words were your own. Do not bawl; nor yet 
speak in too low a voice. Speak so that all in 
the room may hear you. Read as you talk. 







Lessons of one Syllable. 


27 



Lesson 10. 

Jack H all was a good boy. He went to school, 
and took pains to learn as he ought. When he 
was in school, he kept to his books, till all his 
tasks were done; and then when he came out, 
he could play with a good heart, for he knew 
that he had time; and he was so kind, that all 
the boys were glad to play with him. 

When he was one of the least boys in the 
school, he made all the great boys his friends; 
and when he grew a great boy, he was a friend 
to all that were less than he was. He was not 
once known to fight, or to use one of the boys 
ill, as long as he staid a; school. 













28 Lessons of one Syllable . 

Be like Jack Hall, and you too will gain the 
love of all who know you. 



Lesson 11. 

A cat has soft fur and a long tail. She looks 
meek, but she is sly; and if she finds a rat or a 
mouse, she will fly at him, and kill him soon. 
She will catch birds and kill them. 











Lessons of one Syllable. 


29 


Lesson 12. 

I once saw a young girl tie a string to a 
bird’s leg, and pull it through the yard. But it 
could not go so fast as she did ; she ran, and it 
went hop, hop, to try to keep up with her, but 
it broke its poor leg, and there it lay on the 



hard stones, and its head was hurt ; and the 
poor bird was soon dead. So I told her maid 
not to let her have birds if she was to use 
them so ill; and she has not had one since that 
time. 


Lesson 13. 

You must not hurt live things. You should 
not kill poor flies, nor pull off their legs nor 
wings. You must not hurt bees, for they do 
good, and will not sting you, if you do not 














30 


Lessons of one Syllable . 


touch them. All things that have life can feel 
as well as you can, and should not be hurt. 



Lesson 14. 

Tom fell in the pond; they got him out, but 
he was wet and cold; and his eyes were shut; 









Lessons of one Syllable. 


3i 


and then he was sick, and they put him to bed; 
and he was long ill and weak, and could not 
stand. Why did he go near the pond ? He 
had been told not to go, for fear he should fall 
in ; but he would go, and he did fall in ; it was 
his own fault, and he was a bad boy. Mind 
and do not do the same. 



Lesson 15. 

Miss May makes all her friends laugh at her; 
if a poor mouse runs by her, she screams for 
an hour; and a bee on her frock will put her in 
a fit; if a small fly should get on her hair, and 
buz in her ear, she woukl call all in the house 
to help her, as if she v/as hurt. 





32 


Lessons of one Syllable. 


Lesson 16. 

Frank Pitt was a great boy; he had such a 
pair of fat cheeks that he could scarce see out 
of his eyes, for you must know that Frank 
would sit and eat all day long. First he would 
have a great mess of rice milk, in an hour’s 
time he would ask for bread and cheese, then 
he would eat loads of fruit and cakes: and as 
for meat and pies, if you had seen him eat 
them, it would have made you stare. Then he 
would drink as much as he eat. But Prank 
could not long go on so, no one can feed in this 
way but it must make him ill; and this was the 
case with Frank Pitt; nay, he was like to die; 
but he did get well at last, though it was a long 
while first. 



Lesson 17. 

Look at Jane, her hand is bound up in a 
cloth; you do not know what ails it, but I will 





Lessons of one Syllabte. 


33 


tell you. She had a mind to try if she could 
poke the fire, though she had been told she 
must not do it; and it would have been well 
for her if she had not tried ; for she had not 
strength for such work as that, and she fell with 
her hand on the bar of the grate; which burnt 
her much, and gave her great pain ; and she 
cannot work, or play, or do the least thing with 
her hand. It was a sad thing not to mind what 
was said to her. 



Lesson 18. 


What are eyes for ?—To see with. 
What are ears for ?—To hear with. 
What is a tongue for?—To talk with. 
What are teeth for ?—To eat with. 
What is a nose for ?—To smell with. 
What are legs for ?—To walk with. 
What are books for ?—To learn with 


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34 


Words of one Syllable. 


Exercises in Words of one syllable containing 

the DIPHTHONGS. 


aid 

laid 

maid 

paid 

waid 

braid 

staid 

gain 

main 

pain 

rain 

blain 

chain 

brain 

drain 

grain 

train 

slain 

stain 

swain 

twain 

sprain 

strain 

faint 

paint 

saint 

plaint 

plait 

faith 


ai, ei, oi, ea, oa, ie, ue, ui, au, ou. 


air 

fair 

hair 

pair 

chair 

stair 

bait 

gait 

wait 

said 

saith 

neigh 

weigh 

eight 

weight 

reign 

vein 

feign 

rein 

heir 

their 

height 

voice 

choice 

void 

soil 

toil 

broil 


spoil 

coin 

join 

loin 

groin 

joint 

point 

pea 


sea 

tea 

flea 

plea 

each 

beach 

leach 

peach 

reach 

teach 

bleach 

breach 

preach 

beak 

peak 

leak 

weak 

bleak 

freak 

sneak 


speak 

screak 

squeak 

deal 

meal 

peal 

seal 

teal 

steal 

sweal 

beam 

ream 

seam 

team 

bream 

cream 

dream 

fleam 

gleam 

steam 

scream 

stream 

beam 

dean 

mean 

lean 

clean 

glean 

heap 


leap 

reap 

cheap 

ear 

dear 

fear 

hear 

near 

sear 

year 

blear 

clear 

smear 

spear 

ease 

pease 

tease 

please 

seas 

fleas 

cease 

peace 

grease 

east 

beast 

feast 

least 

eat 

beat 




















feat 

heat 

meat 

neat 

peat 

seat 

teat 

bleat 

cheat 

treat 

wheat 

realm 

dealt 

health 

wealth 

stealth 

breast 

sweat 

threat 

death 

breath 

search 

earl 

pearl 

earn 

learn 

earth 

dearth 


ache 

adze 

aisle 

yacht 


Words with Diphthongs. 35 


hearth 

soar 

lies 

! plough 

heart 

boast 

pies 

bough 

great 

roast 

ties 

bound 

bear 

toast 

quest 

guest 

suit 

found 

pear 

beat 

hound 

coach 

co at 

pound 

poach 

go. ’t 

| fruit 

round 

roach 

moat 

juice 

sluice 

sound 

goad 

flor t 

wound 

load 

throat 

bruise 

ground 

road 

toad 

broad 

groat 

cruise 

build 

sour 

woad 

brief 

guild 

built 

flour 

loaf 

chief 

bout 

oak 

grief 

guilt 

gout 

coal 

thief 

guise 

fraud 

daunt 

jaunt 

haunt 

doubt 

foal 

liege 

lout 

goal 

mien 

pout 

shoal 

siege 

rout 

roam 

field 

bought 

foam 

wield 

thought 

loam 

yield 

vaunt 

caught 

ought 

loan 

shield 

though 

moan 

fierce 

taught 

fraught 

four 

groan 

pierce 

pour 

oar 

tierce 

aunt 

tough 

rough 

boar 

grieve 

loud 

roar 

thieve 

cloud 

your 


Words of Arbitrary Sounds. 


laugh 

lieu 

drachm 

quoif 

toe 

quay 

hymn 

aye 

choir 

schism 

nymph 

quoit 

pique 

czar 

gaol 

ewe 





















Words of two Syllables. 


Words Accented on the FIRST Syllable. 

Observation. The double (") whe;n it unavoidably occurs, shows 
tha the following consonant is to ;be pronounced in both syllables; 
as co"-py, pronounced cop-py. 


Ab-bot 

am-ple 

ab-ject 

an-chor 

a-ble 

an-gel 

ab-sent 

an-ger 

obs-tract 

an-gle 

ac-cent 

an-gry 

a"-cid 

an-cle 

a-corn 

an-swer 

ac-rid 

an-vil 

act-ive 

a-ny 

act-or 

ap-ple 

act-ress 

a-pril 

ad-age 

a-pron 

ad-der 

apt-ness 

ad-dle 

ar-bour 

ad-vent 

arch-er 

ad-verb 

arc-tic 

ad-verse 

ar-dent 

af-ter 

ar-dour 

a-ged 

ar-gent 

a-gent 

ar-gue 

a"-gile 

ar-id 

a-gue 

ar-mour 

ail-ment 

ar-my 

ai-ry 

ar-row 

al-ley 

art-ful 

al-mond 

art-ist 

al-o"e 

art-less 

al-so 

ash-es 

al-tar 

as-pect 

al-ter 

as-pen 

al-um 

as-sets 

al-ways 

asth-ma 

am-ber 

au-dit 

am-bush 

au-thor 




aw-ful 

base-ness 

a- ( zure 

ba-sin 

3 ab-bler 

bask-et 

pa-by 

bat-ten 

back-bite 

bat-tie 

'^ack-ward 

bawl-ing 

ba-con 

bea-con 

bad-ger 

bea-dle 

bad-ness 

beard-less 

baf-fle 

bear-er 

bag-gage 

beast-ly 

bai-liff 

beat-er 

ba-ker 

beau-ty 

ba-lance 

bed-ding 

bald-ness 

bee-hive 

bal-lad 

beg-gar 

bal-last 

be-ing 

band-age 

bed-lam 

band-box 

bed-time 

ban-ish 

bel-fry 

bank-er 

bel-man 

bank-rupt 

bel-low 

ban-ner 

ber-ry 

ban-quet 

be-som 

ban-ter 

bet-ter 

bap-tism 

bi-as 

bar-ber 

bi-ble 

bare-foot 

big-ness 

bar-gain 

bi"-got 

bark-ing 

bind-er 

bar-ley 

bind-ing 

bar-on 

bird-lime 

bar-ren 

birth-day 

bar-row 

bish-op 

bar-ter 

bit-ter 








Words of two Syllables. 37 


bit-tern 

black-en 

black-ness 

blame-less 

blank-et 

bleak-ness 

bleat-ing 

bleed-ing 

blem-ish 

bless-ing 

blind-ness 

blis-ter 

blood-shed 

blos-som 

blow-ing 

blue-ness 

blun-der 

blus-ter 

board-er 

boast-er 

bob-bin 

bod-kin 

bo"-dy 

boil-er 

bold-ness 

bol-ster 

bond-age 

bon-fire 

bon-net 

bo-ny 

boo-by 

book-ish 

boor-ish 

boo-ty 

bor-der 

bor-row 

bot-tle 

bot-tom 

bound-less 

boy-ish 


brace-let 

brack-et 

brack-ish 

bram-ble 

bran-dish 

brave-ly 

brawl-i^g 

bra-zen 

break-fast 

breast-plate 

breath-less 

breed-ing 

brew-er 

bri-ber 

brick-bat 

brick-kiln 

bri-dal 

bride-maid 

bri-dle 

brief-ly 

bri-ar 

bright-ness 

brim-stone 

bring-er 

bris-tle 

brit-tle 

bro-ken 

bro-ker 

bru-tal 

bru-tish 

bub-ble 

buck-et 

buc-kle 

bud-get 

buf-fet 

bug-bear 

bu-gle 

bul-let 

bul-rush 

bul-wark 


bum-per 

bun-dle 

bun-gle 

bur-den 

bur-gess 

burn-er 

bush-el 

bus-tie 

butch-er 

but-ler 

but-ter 

bux-om 

Cab-bage 

cab-in 

ca-ble 

cad-dy 

call-ing 

cam-bric 

can-cel 

can-cer 

can-did 

can-die 

can-non 

can-vas 

ca-per 

cap-tain 

cap-tive 

car-case 

care-ful 

care-less 

car-rot 

car-pet 

cart-er 

carv-er 

case-ment 

cas-ket 

cas-tle 

cause-way 

caus-tic 

ce-dar 


ceil-ing 

cel-lar 

cen-sure 

cen-tre 

cer-tain 

challenge 

cham-ber 

chan-cel 

chand-ler 

chang-er 

chan-nel 

chap-el 

chap-lain 

chap-ter 

char-coal 

char-ger 

charm-er 

charm-ing 

char-ter 

chas-ten 

chat-tels 

chat-ter 

cheap-ness 

cheat-er 

cheer-ful 

chem-ist 

cher-ish 

cher-ry 

chest-nut 

chief-ly 

child-hood 

child-ish 

chil-dren 

chim-ney 

chis-el 

chop-ping 

chuc-kle 

churl-ish 

churn-ing 

ci-der 






Words of two Syllables. 


38 


cin-der 

com-ment 

ci-pher 

com-merce 

cir-cle 

com-mon 

cis-tern 

com-pact 

ci"-ty 

com-pass 

clam-ber 

com-pound 

clam-my 

com-rade 

clam-our 

con-cave 

clap-per 

con-cert 

clar-et 

con-cord 

clas-sic 

con-course 

clat-ter 

con-flict 

clean-ly 

con-gress 

clear-ness 

con-quer 

cler-gy 

con-quest 

clev-er 

con-stant 

cli-ent 

con-sul 

cli-mate 

con-test 

clo-ser 

con-tract 

clo-set 

con-vent 

clou-dy 

con-vert 

clo-ver 

con-vex 

clcnvn-ish 

con-vict 

clus-ter 

cool-ness 

clum-sy 

coop-er 

cob-bler 

cop-per 

cob-nut 

co'-py 

cob-web 

cor-ner 

cock-pit 

cost-ly 

cof-fee 

cot-ton 

cold-ness 

cov-er 

col-lar 

coun-cil 

col-lege 

coun-sel 

col-our 

coun-ter 

com-bat 

coun-ty 

come-ly 

court-ly 

com-er 

cow-ard 

com-et 

cou-sin 

com-fort 

crack-er 

com-ma 

craf-ty 


crea-ture 

dead-ly 

cred-it 

death-less 

crib-bage 

debt-or 

crook-ed 

de-cent 

cross-ness 

del-uge 

cru-el 

di-et 

cru m-ple 

dif-fer 

crus-ty 

dim-ness 

crys-tal 

dim-pie 

cud-gel 

din-ner 

cul-prit 

dis-cord 

cun ning 

dis-mal 

cup-board 

dis-tance 

cu-rate 

do-er 

cur-dle 

do-nor 

curl-ing 

doubt-ful 

cur-rant 

doubt-less 

cur-rent 

dow-ny 

cur-tain 

drag-gle 

curv-ed 

dra-gon 

cus-tard 

dra-per 

cus-tom 

draw-er 

cut-ler 

dread-ful 

cy-press 

dream-er 

Dab-ble 

drop-sy 

dan-ger 

drum-mer 

dag-ger 

drunk-ard 

dai-ly 

duke-dom 

dain-ty 

dul-ness 

dai-ry 

du-ty 

dam-age 

dwel-ling 

dam-ask 

dvvin-dle 

dam-sel 

Ea-ger 

dan-cer 

ea-gle 

dan-gle 

east-er 

dark-ness 

eat-er 

das-tard 

ear-ly 

daz-zle 

earth-en 

dear-ly 

ech-o 

dear-ness 

ef-fort 








1 


Words of two Syllables . 


ei-ther 

feel-ing 

el-bow 

fel-low 

el-der 

fel-on 

em-blem 

fe-male 

em-pire 

fen-cer 

emp-ty 

fen-der 

end-less 

fer-tile 

en-ter 

fet-ter 

en-voy 

fe-ver 

en-vy 

fid-dle 

e-qual 

fig-ure 

er-ror 

fi-nal 

es-say 

fin-ger 

es-sence 

»fin-ish 

e-ven 

firm-ness 

ev-er 

fix-ed 

e-vil 

flab-by 

ex-it 

fla-grant 

eye-sight 

flan-nel 

eye-sore 

fla-vour 

Fa-ble 

flo-rist 

fa-bric 

flovv-er 

fac-ing 

flut-ter 

fac-tor 

fol-low 

fag-got 

fol-ly 

faint-ness 

fool-ish 

faith-ful 

foot-step 

false-hood 

fore-cast 

fam-ine 

fore-most 

fam-ish 

fore-sight 

fa-mous 

fore-head 

fan-cy 

for-est 

farm-er 

for-mer 

fas-ten 

fort-night 

fa-tal 

for-tune 

fath-er 

found-er 

fa-vour 

foun-tain 

fear-ful 

fow-ler 

feath-er 

fra-grant 

fee-ble 

free-ly 


fren-zy 

gid-dy 

friend-ly 

g'g-gle 

frig-ate 

gild-er 

fros-ty 

gild-ing 

fruit-ful 

gim-let 

full-er 

gin-ger 

fun-nel 

gir-dle 

fun-ny 

girl-ish 

fur-nace 

giv-er 

fur-nish 

glad-ness 

fur-row 

glean-er 

fur-ther 

glim-mer 

fu-ry 

gloo-my 

fu-tile 

glo-ry 

fu-ture 

glos-sy 

Gain-ful 

glut-ton 

gal-lant 

gob-let 

gal-lon 

god-ly 

gal-lop 

go-er 

gam-ble 

gold-en 

game-ster 

gos-pel 

gam-mon 

gos-sip 

gan-der 

gou-ty 

gar-den 

grace-ful 

gar-ment 

gram-mar 

gar-ner 

gras-sy 

gar-nish 

gra-tis 

gar-ret 

gra-ver 

gar-ter 

gra-vy 

gath-er 

grea-sy 

gau-dy 

great-ly 

ga-zer 

great-ness 

gen-der 

gree-dy 

gen-tile 

green-ish 

gen-tle 

greet-ing 

gen-try 

griev-ance 

ges-ture 

griev-ous 

get-ting 

grind-er 

gi-ant 

gris-Iy 

gib-bet 

groan-ing 













40 


Words of two Syllables. 


gro-cer 

ground-less 

gruft-ness 

guilt-less 

guil-ty 

gun-ner 

gus-ty 

gut-ter 

Hab-it 

hack-ney 

had-dock 

hail-stone 

hai-ry 

halt-er 

ham-let 

ham-per 

hand-ful 

hand-maid 

hand-some 

han-dy 

hang-ii 

hap-pen 

hap-py 

har-ass 

har-bour 

hard-en 

har-dy 

harm-ful 

harm-less 

har-ness 

har-row 

har-vest 

has-ten 

hat-ter 

hate-ful 

haugh-ty 

haz-ard 

ha-zel 

ha-zy 

hea"-dy 


heal-ing 

hear-ing 

heart-less 

hea-then 

heav-en 

hea"-vy 

heed-ful 

hel-met 

help-er 

help-ful 

help-less 

herb-age 

herds-man 

her-mit 

her-ring 

hic-eup 

hil-ly 

hin-der 

hire-ling 

hob-ble 

hogs-head 

hold-fast 

hol-land 

hol-low 

ho-ly 

horn-age 

home-ly 

hon-est 

hon-our 

hope-ful 

hope-less 

hor-rid 

hor-ror 

hobt-ess 

hos-tile 

hot-house 

hour-ly 

house-hold 

hu-man 

hum-ble 


hu-mour 
hun-ger 
hunt-er 
hur-ry 
hurt-ful 
L-dler 
i-dol 
iin-age 
in-cense 
in-come 
ir-dex 
in-fant 
! ink-stand 
I in-mate 
in-quest 
in-road 
in-sect 
! in-sult 
in-sight 
in-stance 
in-stant 
in-to 
in-voice 
i-ron 
is-sue 
l-tem 
Jag-ged 
jeal-ous 
jel-ly 
jest-er 
Je-sus 
jew-el 
jew-ish 
jin-gle 
join-er 
jol-ly 
jour-nal 
jour-ney 
joy-ful 
joy-less 


judg-ment 

jug-gle 

jui-cy 

ju-ry 

just-ice 

Keep-er 

ken-nel 

ker-nel 

ket-tle 

key-hole 

kin-dle 

kind-ness 

king-dom 

kit-chen 

kna-vish 

kneel-ing 

know-ing 

know-ledge 

knuc-kle 

La-bel 

la-bour 

lad-der 

la-dle 

la-dy 

lan-cet 

land-lord 

land-mark 

land-scape 

lan-guage 

lan-guid 

lar-der 

lath-er 

laugh-ter 

law-ful 

law-yer 

lead-en 

lead-er 

lea-ky 

lean-ness 

learn-ing 












4i 


Words of two Syllables. 

-,,- 


leath-er 

mam-mon l 

mock-er 

na-vy 

length-en 

man-gle 1 

! mod-el 

neat-ness 

lev-el 

man-ly 

mod-ern 

need-ful 

le"-vy 

man-ner 

mod-est 

nee-dle 

li-bel 

man-tie 

mois-ture 

ne-gro 

li-cense 

ma-ny 

mo-ment 

neigh-bour 

life-less 

mar-ble 

mon-key 

nei-ther 

light-rung 

m irks-man 

mon-ster 

ne"-phew 

lim-it 

mar-row 

month-ly 

ner-vous 

lin-quist 

mar-shal 

mor-al 

net-tie 

li-on 

mar-tyr 

mor-tar 

new-ly 

lit-ter 

ma-son 

most-ly 

new-ness 

lit-tle 

mas-ter 

moth-er 

night-cap 

live-ly 

mat-ter 

mo-tive 

nim-ble 

liv-er 

max-im 

move-ment 

no-ble 

liz-ard 

may-or 

moun-tain 

non-sense 

lead-ing 

mea-ly 

mourn-ful 

nos-tril 

lob-by 

mean-ing 

mouth-ful 

noth-ing 

lob-ster 

mea-sure 

mud-dle 

no-tice 

lock-et 

med-dle 

mud-dy 

nov-el 

lo-cust 

meek-ness 

muf-fle 

nuin-ber 

lodg-er 

mem-ber 

mum-ble 

nurs-er 

lof-ty 

mend-er 

mur-der 

nur-ture 

long-ing 

men-tal 

mur-mur 

Oak-en 

loose-ness 

mer-chant 

mush-room 

oat-meal 

lord-ly 

mer-cy 

mu-sic 

ob-ject 

loud-ness 

mer-it 

mus-lin 

ob-long 

love-ly 

mes-sage 

mus-tard 

o-dour 

lov-er 

met-al 

mus-ty 

of-fer 

low-ly 

meth-od 

mut-ton 

of-fice 

lovv-ness 

mid-dle 

muz-zle 

oil-man 

loy-al 

migh-ty 

myr-tle 

oint-ment 

lug-gage 

mild-ness 

Nail-er 

old-er 

lum-ber 

mill-stone 

na-ked 

ol-ive 

lurk-er 

mil-ky 

name-less 

o-men 

luc-ky 

mil-ler 

nap-kin 

on-set 

Mag-got 

mind-ful 

nar-row 

o-pen 

ma-jor 

mis-chief 

na-tive 

or-ange 

ma-ker 

mi-ser 

na-ture 

or-der 

mal-let 

mix-ture 

naugh-ty 

or-gan 










Words of two Syllables . 


42 


oth-er 

o-ver 

out-cry 

out-most 

out-rage 

out-work 

own-er 

oys-ter 

Pack-age 

pack-et 

pad-dle 

pad-lock 

pain-fui 

pain-ter 

pal-ace 

pale-ness 

pam-phlet 

pan-cake 

pan-ic 

pan-try 

pa-per 

par-cel 

parch-ment 

par-don 

pa-rent 

par-lour 

par-rot 

part-ner 

par-ty 

pas-sage 

pass-port 

pas-ture 

pat-ent 

pave-ment 

pay-ment 

pea-cock 

peb-ble 

ped-lar 

peep-er 

pee-vish 


pelt-ing 
pen-man 
pen-ny 
peo-ple 
pep-per 
per-fect 
per-il 
per-ish 
per-jure 
per-son 
pes-tle 
pet-ty 
pew-ter 
phi-al 
phys-ic 
pic-kle 
pic-ture 
pie-ces 
pil-fer 
pil-grim 
pill-box 
pi-lot 
pim-ple 
pin-cers 
pinch-ing 
pi-per 
pip-pin 
. pi-rate 
pitch-er 
pi"-ty 
pla-ces 
plain-tiff 
plan-et 
plant-er 
plas-ter 
plat-ter 
play-er 
pleas-ant 
pleas-ure 
plot-ter 


)lu-mage I 
qlum-met 
plump-ness 
plun-der 
plu-ral 
poach-er 
pock-et 
po-et 
poi-son 
po-ker 
po-lar 
pol-ish 
pom-pous 
pop-py 
post-age 
pos-ture 1 
po-tent 
poul-try 
poun-der 
pow-er 
pow-der 
prac-tice 
prais-er 
prat-tle 
pray-er 
preach-er 
pre-cept 
pref-ace 
prel-ude 
pres-ence 
pres-ent 
press-er 
pric-kle 
priest-hood 1 
prim-er 
prin-cess 
pri-vate 
prob-lem 
proc-tor 
pro-duce 


prod-uct 

prof-it 

prog-ress 

pro"-ject 

prom-ise 

proph-et 

pros-per 

proud-ly 

pry-ing 

pru-dence 

psalm-ist 

pub-lic 

pub-lish 

pud-ding 

pud-dle 

pul-pit 

pump-er 

pun-ish 

pup-py 

pure-ness 

pur-pose 

pu-trid 

puz-zle 

Quad-rant 

quag-mire 

quar-rell 

quar-ry 

quar-ter 

queer-ly 

quick-ly 

quick-sand 

qui-et 

qui-ver 

Rab-bit 

rab-ble 

ra-cer 

rad-ish 

raf-ter 

rag-ged 

rail-er 










two Syllables. 


43 


\ 


rai-ment 


Sab-bath 

see-ing 

rain-bow 

ri-fle 

sa-ble 

sell-er 

rai-ny 

right-ful 

sa-bre 

sen-ate 

rais-er 

rig-our 

sack-cloth 

sense-less 

rai-sin 

ri-ot 

sad-dle 

sen-tence 

ral-ly 

rip-pie 

safe-ly 

se-quel 

ram-ble 

ri-val 

safe-ty 

ser-mon 

ram-part 

riv-er 

saf-fron 

ser-pent 

ran-dom 

riv-et 

sail-or 

ser-vant 

ran-ger 

roar-ing 

sal-ad 

ser-vice 

ran-kle 

rob-ber 

sal-mon 

set-ter 

ran-sack 

roc-ket 

salt-ish 

set-tie 

ran-som 

roll-er 

sal-vage 

shab-by 

rant-er 

ro-man 

sam-ple 

shack-le 

rap-id 

roo-my 

san-dal 

shad-ow 

rap-ine 

ro-sy 

san-dy 

shal-low 

rap-ture 

rot-ten 

san-guine 

shame-ful 

rash-ness 

round-ish 

sap-ling 

shame-less 

rath-er 

ro-ver 

satch-el 

shape-less 

rat-tie 

roy-al 

sat-in 

shar-pen 

rav-age 

rub-ber 

sav-age 

sharp-er 

ra-ven 

rub-bish 

sau-cer 

shear-ing 

raw-ness 

ru-by 

sau-sage 

shel-ter 

ra-zor 

rud-der 

saw-yer 

shep-herd 

rea-der 

rude-ness 

say-ing 

sher-iff 

rea-dy 

rue-ful 

scaf-fold 

shil-ling 

re-al 

ruf-fle 

scan-dal 

shin-ing 

reap-er 

rug-ged 

scar-let 

ship-wreck 

rea-son 

ru-in 

scat-ter 

shock-ing 

reb-el 

rul-er 

schol-ar 

short-er 

re-cent 

rum-ble 

sci-ence 

shov-el 

reck-on 

rum-mage 

scorn-ful 

should-er 

rec-tor 

ru-mour 

scrip-ture 

show-e~ 

ref-use 

rum-pie 

scru-ple 

shu f 

rent-al 

run-let 

scuf-fle 

cl 

rest-less 

run-ning 

scull-er 


rev-el 

rup-ture 

sculp-ture 


rib-and 

rus-tic 

seam- 1 ^ 


rich-es 

rus-ty 

sea-' 


rid-dle 

ruth-less 

se- 













44 Words of tw ^ 


si-lent 

spee-dy 

sim-ple 

spin-dle 

sin-ew 

spin-ner 

sin-ful 

spir-it 

sing-ing 

spite-ful 

sing-er 

splint-er 

sin-gle 

spo-ken 

sin-ner 

sport-ing 

sis-ter 

spot-less 

sit-ting 

sprin-kle 

skil-ful 

spun-gy 

slack-en 

squan-der 

slan-der 

squeam-ish 

slav-ish 

sta-ble 

sleep-er 

stag-ger 

slee-py 

sta-ple 

slip-per 

star-tie 

slop-py 

state-ly 

sloth-ful 

sta"-tue 

sliig-gard 

stat-ure 

slum-ber 

stead-fast 

smell-ing 

stee-ple 

smug-gle 

steer-age 

snap-per 

stiff-en 

sneak-ing 

sti-fle 

snuf-fle 

still-ness 

sock-et 

stin-gy 

soft-en 

stir-rup 

sol-ace 

stom-ach 

sol-emn 

sto-ny 

sol-id 

stor-my 

ar-did 

sto-ry 

"OW 

stout-ness 

strict-ly 

stri-king 

strip-ling 

njc-ture 

-born 

at 



im-per 

~Ct 

tan-gle 

>uc-cour 

ta-per 

suck-ling 

tar-dy 

sud-den 

tar-get 

suf-fer 

taste-less 

sul-len 

tas-ter 

sul-tan 

tat-tle 

sul-try 

taw-dry 

sum-mer 

taw-ny 

sum-mit 

tai-lor 

sum-mons 

tell-er 

sun-day 

tem-per 

sup-per 

tem-pest 

sup-pie 

tem-ple 

sure-ty 

tempt-er 

sur-feit 

ten-ant 

sur-ly 

ten-der 

sur-name 

ter-race 

sur-plice 

ter-ror 

swag-ger 

thank-ful 

swal-low 

thatch-er 

swar-thy 

thaw-ing 

swear-ing 

there-fore 

swea"-ty 

thick-et 

sweep-ing 

thiev-ish 

sweet-en 

thim-ble 

sweet-ness 

think-ing 

swell-ing 

thirs-ty 

swift-ness 

thor-ny 

swim-ming 

thorn-back 

sys-tem 

thought-ful 

Tab-by 

thou-sand 

ta-ble 

thrash-er 

tac-kle 

threat-en 

ta-ker 

throb-bing 

tal-ent 

thump-ing 

tal-low 

thun-der 

tal-ly 

thurs-day 

tame-ly 

tick-et 











Words of two Syllables. 


45 


tic-kle 

troop-er 

ti-dy 

tro-phy 

tight-en 

trou"-ble 

tim-ber 

trow-sers 

time-ly 

tru-ant 

tinc-ture 

tru-ly 

tin-der 

trum-pet 

tin-ker 

trun-dle 

tin-sel 

trus-ty 

tip-pet 

tues-day 

tire-some 

tu-lip 

ti-tle 

tum-ble 

toi-let 

tu-mour 

to-ken 

tu-mult 

tor-ment 

tun-nel 

tor-rent 

tur-ban 

tor-ture 

tur-bid 

to-tal 

tur-key 

tot-ter 

turn-er 

tow-el 

tur-nip 

tow-er 

turn-stile 

tra-ding 

tur-ret 

traf-fic 

tur-tle 

trai-tor 

tu-tor 

tram-mel 

twi-light 

tram-pie 

twin-kle 

trans-fer 

twit-ter 

trea-cle 

ty-rant 

trea-son 

Um-pire 

treas-ure 

un-cle 

trea-tise 

un-der 

treat-ment 

up-per 

trea-ty 

up-right 

trem-ble 

up-shot 

tres-pass 

up-ward 

tri-fle 

ur-gent 

trim-mer 

use-ful 

tri"-ple 

ush-er 

trip-ping 

ut-most 

tri-umph 

ut-ter 


Va-cant 

want-ing 

va-grant 

war-fare 

vain-ly 

war-like 

val-ley 

war-rant 

van-ish 

wash-ing 

van-quish 

wa-ter 

var-nish 

watch-ful 

va-ry 

wa-ver 

vel-vet 

weak-en 

ven-om 

wea-ry 

ven-ture 

weal-thy 

ver-dant 

wea-pon 

ver-dict 

wea-ther 

ver-ger 

weep-ing 

ver-juice 

weigh-ty 

ver-min 

wel-fare 

ve"-ry 

wheat-en 

ves-per 

whis-per 

ves-try 

whis-tle 

vex-ed 

whole-some 

vic-ar 

wick-ed 

vic-tor 

wid-ow 

vig-our 

will-ing 

vil-lain 

win-ter 

vi-per 

wis-dom 

vir-gin 

wit-ness 

vir-tue 

wit-ty 

vis-age 

wo-ful 

vis-it 

won-der 

vo-cal 

wor-ship 

voy-age 

Year-ly 

vul-gar 

yel-low 

vul-ture 

yon-der 

Wa-fer 

young-er 

wag-tail 

youth-ful 

wait-er 

Za-ny 

wake-ful 

zeal-ous 

walk-er 

zen-ith 

wal-nut 

ze"-phyr 

wan-der 

zig-zag 






4 6 


Lessons of two Syllables . 


Entertaining and Instructive Lessons , in Words not 
exceeding TWO Syllables . 


Lesson I 


I want my din-ner; I want pud-ding. It is not 
rea-dy yet; it will be rea-dy soon, then Thom-as 
shall have his din-ner. Lay the cloth. Where are 
the knives, and forks, and plates ? The clock strikes 
one; take up the din-ner. May I have some meat ? 



No: you shall have som-thing ni-cer. Here is some 
ap-ple dump-ling for you; and here are some pease, 
and some beans, and car-rots, and turnips, and rice- 
pud-ding, and bread. 


Lesson 2 , 


There was a lit-tle boy, who was not high-er than 
the ta-ble, and his pa-pa and mam-ma sent him to 
school. It was a very pleas-ant morn-ing; the sun 
shone, and the birds sung on the trees. Now this lit¬ 
tle boy did not love his book much, for he was but a 
sil-ly little boy, as I said before. If he had been a 



















Lessons of two Syllables. 


47 


big boy, I sup-pose he would have been wi-ser; but 
he had a great mind to play in-stead of go-ing to 
school. And he saw a bee fly-ing about, first up-on 
one flow-er and then up-on an-oth-er; so he said, 
Pret-ty Bee ! will you come and play with me ? But 
the bee said, No, I must not be i-dle, I must go and 
ga-ther hon-ey. 



Then the i-dle boy met a dog; and he said, Dog! 
will you play with me ? But the dog said, No, I must 
not be i-dle, I am go-ing to watch my master’s house. 
I must make haste for fear bad men may get in. 
Then the lit-tle boy went to a hay-rick, and he saw 
a bird pull-ing some hay out of the hay-rick, and he 
said, Bird ! will you come and play with me ? But 
the bird said, No, I must not be i-dle, I must get 
some hay to build my nest with, and some moss and 
some wool. So the bird flew away. 


Lesson 4. 

Then the i-dle boy saw a horse; and he said, 
Horse! will you play with me? But the horse said, 
No, I must not be i-dle; I must go and plough, or 
else there will be no corn to make bread of. Then 






4 8 


Lessons of two Syllables. 


the lit-tle boy thought to him-self, What, is no-bo-dy 
idle ? then lit-tle boys must not be i-dle ei-ther. So 
he made haste, and went to school, and learn-ed his 
les-son ve-ry well, and the mas-ter said he was a 
ve-ry good boy. 


Lesson 5. 

Thom-as, what a clev-er thing it is to read! A 
lit-tle while a-go, you know, you could on-ly read 
lit-tle words ; and you were forced to spell them c-a-t, 
cat: d-o-g, dog. Now you can read pret-ty sto-ries, 
and I am go-ing to tell you some. 

I will tell you a sto-ry a-bout a lamb. There was 
a kind shep-herd, who had a great ma-ny sheep and 
lambs. He took a great deal of care of them ; and 
gave them sweet fresh grass to eat, and clear wa-ter 
to drink ; and if they were sick, he was ve-ry good to 
them : and when they climb-ed up a steep hill, and the 
lambs were tired, he u-sed to car-ry them in his 
arms; and when they were all eat-ing their sup-pers 
in the field, he u-sed to sit up-on a stile, and play 
them a tune, and sing to them; and so they were 
hap-py sheep and lambs. And every night this shep¬ 
herd u-sed to pen them up in a fold, to keep them in 
safe-ty from the gree-dy wolf. 


Lesson 6. 

Now they were all ve-ry hap-py. as I told you, 
and lov-ed the shep-herd dear-ly, that was so good to 
them, all except one fool-ish lit-tle lamb. And this 
fool-ish lamb did not like to be shut up at night in 
the fold; and she came to her moth-er, who was a 
wise old sheep, and said to her, I won-der why we 
are shut up so all night! the dogs are not shut up, 
and why should we be shut up ? I think it is ve-ry 
hard, and I will get a-way if I can, that I will, for I 
like to run a-bout where I please, and I think it is 
very pleasant in the woods by moonlight. Then the 
old sheep said to her, You are very sil-ly, you lit-tle 






Lessons of two Syllables. 


49 


lamb, you had bet-ter stay in the fold. The shep¬ 
herd is so good to us, that we should al-ways do as 
he bids us; and if you wan-der a-bout by your-self, I 
dare say you will come to some harm. I dare say 
not, said the lit-tle lamb. 


Lesson 7. 

And so when the night came, and the shep-herd 
call-ed them all to come in-to the fold, she would not 
come, but hid her-self; and when the rest of the 
lambs were all in the fold, and fast a-sleep, she came 
out, and jump-ed, and frisk-ed, and dan-ced about; 
and she got out of the field, and got in-to a forest full 
of trees, and a very fierce wolf came rush-ing out of 
a cave, and howl-ed very loud. Then the sil-ly lamb 
wish-ed she had been shut up in the fold; but the 
fold was a great way off; and the wolf saw her, and 
seiz-ed her, and car-ried her away to a dis-mal dark 
den, spread all o-ver with bones and blood; and there 
the wolf had two cubs, and the wolf said to them, 
“Here I have brought you a young fat lamb;” and 
so the cubs took her and growl-ed over her a lit-tle 
while, and then tore her to pie-ces and ate her up. 


Lesson 8. 

There was once a lit-tle boy, who was a sad 
cow-ard. He was walk-ing by himself one day, 
and a pret-ty black dog came out of a house, 
and said, Bow-wow, bow-wow; and came to the 
lh:-tle boy, and jump-ed up-on him, and want-ed 
to play with him, but the lit-tle boy ran away. The 
dog ran af-ter him, and cri-ed loud-er, Bow, wow, 
wow; but he only meant to say, Good morning, how 
do you do ? but this lit-tle boy was sad-ly a-fraid, and 
ran a-way as fast as he could, with-out look-ing be¬ 
fore him ; and he tum-bled into a very dir-ty ditch, 
and there he lay crying at the bot-tom of the ditch, 

D 





50 


Lessons of two Syllables . 




for he could not get out: and I be-lieve he would 
have lain there all day, but the dog was so good, 
that he went to the house where the lit-tle boy lived, 
on purpose to tell them where he was. So, when he 
came to the house, he scratch-ed at the door, and 
said, Bow-wow; for he could not speak a-ny plainer. 
So they came to the door, and said, What do you 
want, you black dog. We do not know you. Then 
the dog went to Ralph the servant, and pull-ed him 
by the coat, and pull-ed him till he brought him to 
the ditch, and the dog and Ralph be-tween them got 
the lit-tle boy out of the ditch ; but he was all over 
mud, and quite wet, and all the folks laugh-ed at him 
be-cause he was a cow-ard. 




Lessons of two Syllables. 


5i 


Lesson 9. 


One day, in the month of June, Thomas had got 
all his things ready to set out on a little jaunt of 
pleasure with a few of his friends, but the sky became 
black with thick clouds, and on that account he was 
forced to wait some time in suspense. Being at last 
stopped by a heavy shower of rain, he was so vexed, 
that he could not refrain from tears; and sitting 
down in a sulky humour, would not suffer any one 
to comfort him. 

Towards night the clouds began to vanish; the 
sun shone with great brightness, and the whole face 
of nature seemed to be changed. Robert then took 
Thomas with him into the fields, and the freshness of 
the air, the music of the birds, and the greenness of 
the grass, filled him with pleasure. “ Do you see,” 
said Robert, “ what a change has taken place ? Last 
night the ground was parched ; the flowers, and all 
the things seemed to droop. To what cause must we 
impute this happy change ?” Struck with the folly 
of his own conduct in the morning, Thomas was 
forced to admit, that the useful rain which fell that 
morning, had done all this good. 





5 2 


Words of two Syllables. 


TWO Syllables , accented on the SECOND. 


Words of 

Ab-hor 

a-bove 

a-bout 

ab-surd 

ac-cept 

ac-count 

ac-cuse 

ac-quaint 

ac-quire 

ac-quit 

ad-here 

ad-just 

ad-mit 

a-dorn 

ad-vice 

ad-vise 

a-far 

af-fair 

af-fix 

af-flict 

a-fraid 

a-gain 

a-gainst 

ag-gress 

a-go 

a-larm 

a-las 

a-lert 

a-like 

a-live 

al-lege 

al-lude 

al-lure 

al-ly 

a-loft 

a-lone 

a-long 

a-loof 


a-mend 

a-mong 

a-muse 

an-noy 

ap-peal 

ap-pear 

ap-plaud 

ap-ply 

ap-point 

ap-proach 

ap-prove 

a-rise 

ar-rest 

as-cend 

as-cent 

a-shore 

a-side 

as-sault 

as-sert 

as-sist 

as-sume 

as-sure 

a-stray 

a-stride 

a-tone 

at-tend 

at-test 

at-tire 

at-tract 

a-vail 

a-vast 

a-venge 

a-verse 

a-vert 

a-void 

a-vow 

a-wait 

a-wake 


a-ware 

a-wry 

Bap-tize 

be-cause 

be-come 

be-fore 

be-head 

be-hold 

be-lieve 

be-neath 

be-numb 

be-seecn 

be-seem 

be-set 

be-sides 

be-siege 

be-smear 

be-smoke 

be-speak 

be-stow 

be-tide 

be-times 

be-tray 

be-tween 

be-wail 

be-ware 

be-yond 

block-ade 

bom-bard 

Ca-nal 

car-bine 

ca-ress 

car-mine 

ce-ment 

cock-ade 

co-here 

col-lect 

com-bine 


com-mand 
com-mend 
com-ment 
com-mit 
com-mune 
com-mute 
com-pact 
com-pare 
corn-pel 
corn-pile 
corn-plain 
com-plete 
com-ply 
com-pose 
i corn-pound 
j corn-press 
com-prise 
com-pute 
con-ceai 
con-cede 
con-ceit 
con-ceive 
con-cern 
con-cert 
con-cise 
con-clude 
con-coct 
con-demn 
con-dense 
con-dole 
con-duce 
con-duct 
con-fer 
con-fess 
con-fide 
con-fine 
con-firm 
con-form 










Words of two Syllables . 


53 


con-found 

de-ceive 

con-front 

de-cide 

con-fuse 

de-claim 

con-fute 

de-clare 

con-join 

de-cline 

con-joint 

de-coy 

con-nect 

de-cree 

con-sent 

de-cry 

con-serve 

de-duct 

con-sign 

de-face 

con-sist 

de-fame 

con-sole 

de-feat 

con-sort 

de-fect 

con-spire 

de-fence 

con-strain 

de-fer 

con-struct 

de-fine 

con-suit 

de-form 

con-sume 

de-fraud 

con-tain 

de-grade 

con-tempt 

de-gree 

con-tend 

de-ject 

con-tent 

de-lay 

con-test 

de-light 

con-tract 

de-lude 

con-trast 

de-mand 

con-trol 

de-mean 

con-vene 

de-note 

con-vert 

de-ny 

con-vey 

de-part 

con-vict 

de-pend 

con-vince 

de-pict 

con-voke 

de-plore 

con-vulse 

de-pose 

cor-rect 

de-prave 

cur-tail 

de-press 

D e-bar 

de-prive 

de-base 

de-pute 

de-bate 

de-ride 

de-cay 

de-scant 

de-ceit 

de-scend 


de-scribe 

dis-mount 

de-sert 

dis-own 

de-serve 

dis-pel 

de-sign 

dis-pense 

de-sire 

dis-perse 

de-sist 

dis-place 

de-spair 

dis-play 

de-spise 

dis-please 

de-spoil 

dis-port 

de-spond 

dis-pose 

de-stroy 

dis-praise 

de-tain 

dis-solve 

de-tect 

dis-til 

de-ter 

dis-tinct 

de-test 

dis-tort 

de-vise 

dis-tract 

de-volve 

dis-tress 

de-vote 

dis-trust 

de-vour 

dis-turb 

de-vout 

dis-use 

dif-fuse 

di-verge 

di-gest 

di-vert 

di-late 

di-vest 

di-lute 

di-vide 

di-rect 

di-vine 

dis-arm 

di-vorce 

dis-cern 

di-vulge 

dis-charge 

dra-gon 

dis-claim 

K-clipse 

dis-close 

ef-face 

dis-course 

ef-fect 

dis-cuss 

e-ject 

dis-dain 

e-lapse 

dis-ease 

e-late 

dis-grace 

e-lect 

dis-guise 

e-lude 

dis-gust 

el-lipse 

dis-like 

em-bark 

dis-may 

em-brace 

dis-miss 

em-ploy 










Words of two Syllables. 


54 


en-act 

en-close 

en-dear 

en-dite 

en-dorsc 

en-due 

en-dure 

en-force 

en-gage 

en-grave 

en-hance 

en-join 

en-joy 

en-large 

en-rage 

en-rich 

en-rol 

en-slave 

en-sure 

en-tail 

en-throne 

en-tice 

en-tire 

en-treat 

en-twine 

e-quip 

e-rase 

e-rect 

e-scape 

es-cort 

e-spy 

e-state 

e-steem 

e-vade 

e-vent 

e-vict 

e-vince 

e-voke 

ex-act 

ex-ceed 


ex-cel 

ex-cept 

ex-cess 

ex-change 

ex-cise 

ex-cite 

ex-claim 

ex-clude 

ex-cuse 

ex-empt 

ex-ert 

ex-haust 

ex-ist 

ex-pand 

ex-pect 

ex-pend 

ex-pense 

ex-pert 

ex-pire 

ex-plain 

ex-plode 

ex-ploit 

ex-plore 

ex-port 

ex-pose 

ex-press 

ex-tend 

ex-tent 

ex-tinct 

ex-tol 

ex-tort 

ex-tract 

ex-treme 

ex-ude 

ex-ult 

Fa-tigue 

fer-ment 

fif-teen 

fo-ment 

for-bear 


for-bid 

fore-bode 

fore-doom 

fore-go 

fore-know 

fore-see 

fore-stall 

fore-tell 

fore-warn 

for-give 

for-lorn 

for-sake 

for-swear 

forth-with 

ful-fil 

Ga-zette 

gen-teel 

grim-ace 

Im-bibe 

im-mense 

im-merse 

im-pair 

im-part 

im-peach 

im-pede 

im-pel 

im-pend 

im-plant 

im-plore 

im-ply 

im-port 

im-pose 

im-press 

im-print 

im-prove 

im-pure 

im-pute 

in-cite 

in-cline 

in-clude 


in-crease 

in-cur 

in-deed 

in-clent 

in-duce 

in-dulge 

in-fect 

in-fer 

in-fest 

in-firm 

in-flame 

in-flate 

in-flict 

in-form 

in-ject 

in-list 

in-quire 

in-sane 

in-sert 

in-sist 

in-snare 

in-spect 

in-spire 

in-stall 

in-stil 

in-struct 

in-sult 

in-tend 

in-tense 

in-ter 

in-thral 

in-trigue 

in-trude 

in-trust 

in-vade 

in-vent 

in-vert 

in-vest 

in-vite 

in-voke 








Words of two Syllables . 


55 


in-volve 

in-ure 

Ja-pan 

jo-cose 

La-ment 

lam-poon 

Ma-chine 

main-tain 

ma-nure 

ma-rine 

ma-ture 

mis-cast 

mis-chance 

mis-deed 

mis-give 

mis-hap 

mis-judge 

mis-lay 

mis-lead 

mis-name 

mis-place 

mis-print 

mis-quote 

mis-rule 

mis-take 

mis-trust 

mis-use 

mo-lest 

mo-rose 

Neg-lect 

O-bey 

ob-ject 

o-blige 

ob-lique 

ob-scure 

ob-serve 

ob-struct 

ob-tain 

ob-trude 

ob-tuse 


oc-cur 

of-fend 

op-pose 

op-press 

or-dain 

out-bid 

out-brave 

out-do 

out-grow 

out-leap 

out-live 

out-right 

out-run 

out-sail 

out-shine 

out-strip 

out-walk 

out-weigh 

Pa-rade 

pa-role 

par-take 

pa-trol 

per-form 

per-fume 

per-haps 

per-mit 

per-plex 

per-sist 

per-spire 

per-suade 

per-tain 

per-vade 

per-verse 

per-vert 

pla-card 

pos-sess 

post-pone 

pre-cede 

pre-clude 

pre-diet 


pre-fer 

pre-fix 

pre-judge 

pre-pare 

pre-sage 

pre-scribe 

pre-sent 

pre-serve 

pre-side 

pre-sume 

pre-tence 

pre-tend 

pre-text 

pre-vail 

pre-vent 

pro-ceed 

pro-claim 

pro-cure 

pro-duce 

pro-fess 

pro-found 

pro-fuse 

pro-ject 

pro-lix 

pro-long 

pro-mote 

pro-nounce 

pro-pel 

pro-pose 

pro-pound 

pro-rogue 

pro-tect 

pro-test 

pro-tract 

pro-trude 

pro-vide 

pro-voke 

pur-loin 

pur-sue 

pur-suit 


pur-vey 

Ke-bel 

re-bound 

re-buff 

re-build 

re-buke 

re-call 

re-cant 

re-cede 

re-ceipt 

re-ceive 

re-cess 

re-cite 

re-claim 

re-cline 

re-cluse 

re-cord 

re-count 

re-course 

re-cruit 

re-cur 

re-deem 

re-doubt 

re-dress 

re-duce 

re-fect 

re-fer 

re-fine 

re-fit 

re-flect 

re-flow 

re-form 

re-tract 

re-frain 

re-fresh 

re-fund 

re-fuse 

re-fute 

re-gain 

re-gale 






56 Words of two Syllables. 


re-gard 

re-print 

re-gret 

re-proach 

re-hear 

re-proof 

re-ject 

re-prove 

re-joice 

re-pulse 

re-join 

re-pute 

re-lapse 

re-quest 

re-late 

re-quire 

re-lax 

re-quite 

re-lay 

re-seat 

re-lease 

re-serve 

re-lent 

re-sign 

re-lief 

re-sist 

re-1 i eve 

re-solve 

re-light 

re-spect 

re-ly 

re-store 

re-main 

re-tain 

re-mand 

re-tard 

re-mark 

re-tire 

re-mind 

re-treat 

re-miss 

re-turn 

re-mote 

re-venge 

re-move 

re-vere 

re-mount 

re-vile 

re-new 

re-volt 

re-nown 

re-volve 

re-pair 

re-v ard 

re-past 

ro-mance 

re-pay 

Sa-lute 

re-peal 

se-clude 

re-peat 

se-cure 

re-pel 

se-date 

re-pent 

se-duce 

re-pine 

se-lect 

re-place 

se-rene 

re-ply 

se-vere 

re-port 

sin-cere 

re-pose 

sub-due 

re-press 

sub-join 

re-prieve 

sub-lime 


sub-mit 

un-close 

sub-side 

un-couth 

sub-sist 

un-do 

sub-tract 

un-done 

sub-vert 

un-dress 

suc-ceed 

un-fair 

suf-fice 

un-fed 

sug-gest 

un-fit 

sup-ply 

un-fold 

sup-port 

un-gird 

sup-pose 

un-glue 

sup-press 

un-hinge 

sur-round 

un-hook 

sur-vey 

un-horse 

sus-pend 

un-hurt 

sus-pense 

u-nite 

There-of 

un-just 

tor-mert 

un-knit 

tra-duce 

un-known 

trans-act 

un-lace 

tran-scend 

un-lade 

trans-fer 

un-like 

trans-form 

un-load 

trans-late 

un-lock 

trans-mit 

un-loose 

trans-pire 

un-mask 

trans-plant 

un-paid 

trans-pose 

un-ripe 

trus-tee 

un-safe 

Un-apt 

un-seen 

un-bar 

un-sound ; 

un-bend 

un-spent 

un-bind 

un-true 

un-blest 

un-wise 

un-bolt 

up-hold 

un-born 

With-draw 

un-bought 

with-hold j 

un-bound 

with-in 

un-chain 

with-out 

un-clasp 

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Lessons of three Syllables . 


57 


Entertaining and Instructive Lessons , in Words not 
exceeding THREE Syllables. 

Lesson i. 

Gold is of a deep yellow colour. It is very pretty 
and bright. It is a great deal heav-i er than any 
thing else. Men dig it out of the ground. Shall I 
take my spade and get some? No, there is none in 
this country. It comes from a great way off; and it 
lies deeper a great deal than you could dig with your 
spade. Sov-er-eigns are made of gold; and so are 
half-sov-er-eigns, and watches sometimes. 


Lesson 2. 

Silver is white and shining. Spoons are made of 
silver, and waiters, and crowns, and half-crowns, and 
shillings, and six-pen-ces. Silver comes from a great 
way off; from Peru and Mexico. 

Copper is red. The kettles and pots are made of 
copper; and brass is made of copper. Brass is bright 
and yellow, almost like gold. The sauce-pans are 
made of brass; and the locks upon the door, and the 
can-dle-sticks. What is that green upon the sauce¬ 
pan? It is rusty; the green is called ver-di-gris; it 
would kill you if you were to eat it. 


Lesson 3. 

Iron is very hard. It is not pretty; but I do not 
know what we should do without it, for it makes us a 
great many things. The tongs, and the poker, and 
shovel, are made of iron. Go and ask Dobbin if he 
can plough without the plough-share ? Well, what 
does he say? He says, No, he cannot. But the 
plough-share is made of iron. Will iron melt in the 
fire ? Put the poker in and try. Well, is it melted ? 
No, but it is red-hot, and soft; it will bend. But I 
will tell you, Charles; iron will melt in a very, very 
hot fire, when it has been in a great while; then it 
will melt. 

Come, let us go to the smith’s shop. What is he 
doing? He has a forge; he blows the fire with a 

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58 Lessons of three Syllables . 


great pair of bellows to make the iron hot. Now it 
is hot. Now he takes it out with the tongs, and puts 
it upon the anvil. Now he beats it with a hammer. 
How hard he works! The sparks fly about: pretty 
bright sparks ! What is the blacksmith making ? He 
is making nails, and horse-shoes, and a great many 
things. 

Lesson 4. 

Steel is made of iron. Steel is very bright and 
hard. Knives and scissors are made of steel. 

Lead is soft and very heavy. Here is a piece : lift 
it. There is lead in the casement; and the spout is 
lead, and the cistern is lead, and bullets are made of 
lead. 

Tin is white and soft. Is is bright too. The drip¬ 
ping-pan and the re-flect-or are all cov-er-ed with tin. 

Quick-sil-ver is very bright, like silver ; and it is 
very heavy. See how it runs about! You cannot 
catch it. You cannot pick it up. There is quick-sil¬ 
ver in the weath-er-glass. 

Gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, quick-sil-ver; 
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven metals. They 
are all dug out of the ground. 

Lesson 5. 

There was a little boy whose name was Harry, 
and his papa and mamma sent him to school. Now 
Harry was a clever fellow, and loved his book ; and 
he got to be first in his class. So his mamma got up 
one morning very early, and called Betty the maid, 
and said, Betty, I think we must make a cake for 
Harry, for he has learned his book very well. And 
Betty said, Yes, will all my heart. So they made 
him a nice cake. It was very large, and stuffed full 
of plums and sweetmeats, orange and citron; and it 
was iced all over with sugar: it was white and smooth 
on the top like snow. So this cake was sent to the 
school. When little Harry saw it he was very glad, 
and jumped about for joy, and he hardly staid for a 
knife to cut a piece, but gnawed it with his teeth. So 





Lessons of three Syllables. 


59 


he eat till the bell rang for school, and after school he 
eat again, and eat till he went to bed; nay, he laid 
his cake under his pillow, and sat up in the night to 
eat some. 

He ate till it was all gone—But soon after, this 
lit-tle boy was very sick, and ev-e-ry body said, I 
won-der what is the matter wilh Harry: he used to 
be brisk, and play about more nimbly than any oi 
the boys; and now he looks pale and is very ill. 
And some-bo-dy said, Harry has had a rich cake, and 
eaten it all up very soon, and that has made him ill. 
So they sent for Doctor Rhubarb, and he gave him I 
do not know how much bitter physic. Poor Harry 
did not like it at all, but he was forced to take it, or 
else he would have died, you know. So at last he 
got well again, but his mamma said she would send 
him no more cakes. 



Lesson 6. 

Now there was an-oth-er boy, who was one of 
Harry’s school-fel-lows; his name was Peter; the 
boys used to call him Peter Careful. And Peter had 
written his mamma a very clean pretty letter; there 
was not one blot in it all. So his mamma sent him 
a cake. Now Peter thought with himself, I will not 
make myself sick with this good cake, as silly Harry 
did ; I will keep it a great while. So he took the 
cake, and tugged it up stairs. It was very heavy; he 
could hardly carry it. And he locked it up in his 
box, and once a-day he crept slily up stairs and ate a 
very little piece, and then locked his box again. So 




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Lessons of three Syllables. 



he kept it sev-er-al weeks and it was not gone, for it 
was very large; but behold! the mice got into the. 
box and nibbled some. And the cake grew dry and 
mouldy, and at last was good for nothing at all. So 
he was o-bli-ged to throw it away, and it grieved him 
to the very heart. 


Lesson 7. 

Well; there was an-oth-er lit-tle boy at the same 
school, whose name was Richard. And one day his 
mamma sent him a cake, because she loved him 
dearly, and he loved her dearly. So when the cake 
came, Richard said to his school-fel-lows, I have got 
a cake, come let us go and eat it. So they came 
about him like a parcel of bees; and Richard took a 
slice of cake himself, and then gave a piece to one, 
and a piece to an-oth-er, and a piece to an-oth-er, till 
it was almost gone. Then Richard put the rest by, 
and said, I will eat it to-morrow. 

He then went to play, and the boys all played to¬ 
gether mer-ri-ly. But soon after an old blind Fiddler 
came into the court; he had a long white beard ; and 
because he was blind, he had a little dog in a string 
to lead him. So he came into the court, and sat 
down upon a stone, and said, My pretty lads, if you 
will, I will play you a tune. And they all left off 
their sport, and came and stood round him. 











Lessons of three Syllables. 61 

And Richard saw that while he played the tears 
ran down his cheeks. And Richard said, Old man, 
why do you cry ? And the old man said, Because I 
am very hungry: I have no-bo-dy to give me any 
dinner or supper: I have nothing in the world but 
this little dog: and I cannot work. If I could work 
I would. Then Richard went, without saying a word, 
and fetched the rest of his cake, which he had in- 
tend-ed to have eaten an-oth-er day, and he said, 
Here, old man, here is some cake for you. 



The old man said, Where is it ? for I am blind, I 
cannot see it. So Richard put it into his hat. And 
the Fiddler thanked him, and Richard was more glad 
than if he had eaten ten cakes. 

Pray which do you love best ? Do you love 
Harry best, or Peter best, or Richard best ? 


Lesson 8. 

The noblest em-ploy-ment of the mind of man is 
to study the works of his Cre-a-tor. To him whom 
the science of nature de-light-eth, ev-e-ry object 
bringeth a proof of his God. His mind is lifted up 














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Lessons of three Syllables . 




to heaven every moment, and his life shews what 
i-de-a he en-ter-tains of e-ter-nal wisdom. If he 
cast his eyes towards the clouds, will he not find the 
heavens full of its wonders ? If he look down on 
the earth, doth not the worm proclaim to him, “ Less 
than in-fi-nite power could not have formed me?” 

While the planets pursue their courses; while the 
sun re-main-eth in his place; while the comet wan- 
der-eth through space, and re-turn-eth to its des-tin- 
ed spot again; who but God could have formed 
them? Behold how awful their splendour! yet they 
do not di-min-ish; lo, how rapid their motion! yet 
one run-neth not in the way of an-oth-er. Look 
down upon the earth, and see its produce; ex-am-ine 
its bowels, and behold what they contain: have not 
wisdom and power or-dain-ed the whole ? Who bid- 
deth the grass to spring up ? who wa-ter-eth it at due 
seasons ? Behold the ox croppeth it; the horse and 
the sheep, do they not feed upon it ? Who is he that 
pro-vi-deth for them, but the Lord ? 









Words of three Syllables. 


°3 


Words of three Syllables , accented on the first. 


Ab-di-cate 

ab-ro-gate 

ab-so-lute 

ac-ci-dent 

ac-cu-rate 

ac-tu-ate 

ad-ju-tant 

ad-mi-ral 

ad-vo-cate 

af-fa-ble 

ag-o-ny 

al-der-man 

a-li-en 

am-nes-ty 

an-ar-chy 

an-ces-tor 

an-i-mal 

an-i-mate 

an-nu-al 

ap-pe-tite 

ar-gu-ment 

ar-mo-ry 

ar-ro-gant 

at-tri-bute 

av-a-rice 

au-di-tor 

au-thor-ize 

Ba"-che-lor 

back-sli-der 

back-ward-ness 

ban-ish-ment 

bar-ba-rous 

bar-ren-ness 

bar-ris-ter 

bash-ful-ness 

bat-tle-ment 

beau-ti-ful 

ben-e-fice 


ben-e-fit 

big-o-try 

blood-suck-er 

blun-der-buss 

blun-der-er 

blun-der-ing 

blus-ter-er 

bois-ter-ous 

book-bind-er 

bor-row-er 

bot-tom-less 

boun-ti-ful 

broth-er-ly 

bur-den-sorne 

bur-gla-ry 

bu-ri-al 

Cab-i-net 

cal-cu-late 

cal-en-dar 

cap-i-tal 

cap-ti-vate 

car-di-nal 

care-ful-ly 

car-pen-ter 

cas-u-al 

cat-a-logue 

cat-e-chise 

cat-e-chism 

cel-e-brate 

cen-.tu-ry 

cer-ti-fy 

cham-ber-maid 

cham-pi-on 

char-ac-ter 

char-i-ty 

chas-tise-ment 

chiv-al-ry 

chem-i-cal 


chem-is-try 

cin-na-mon 

cir-cu-late 

cir-cum-spect 

cir-cum-stance 

clam-or-ous 

clas-si-cal 

clean-li-ness 

col-ony 

com-e-dy 

com-fort-less 

com-i-cal 

com-pa-ny 

com-pe-tent 

com-ple-ment 

com-pli-ment 

com-pro-mise 

con-fer-ence 

con-fi-dence 

con-flu-ence 

con-gru-ous 

con-ju-gal 

con-que-ror 

con-se-crate 

con-se-quence 

con-so-nant 

cop-sta-ble 

con-stan-cy 

con-sti-tute 

con-ti-nence 

con-tra-ry 

con-ver-sant 

co-pi-ous 

cor-di-al 

cor-mo-rant 

cor-o-ner 

cor-po-ral 

cor-pu-lent 








6 4 Words of three Syllables. 


cos-tive-ness 

cost-li-ness 

cov-e-nant 

cov-er-ing 

cov-et-ous 

coun-sel-lor 

coun-te-nance 

coun-ter-feit 

coun-ter-pane 

cour-te-ous 

court-li-ness 

cow-ard-ice 

craft-i-ness 

cred-i-ble 

cred-i-tor 

crim-i-nal 

crit-i-cal 

croc-o-dile 

crook-ed-ness 

cru-ci-fy 

cru-el-ty 

crus-ti-ness 

cu-cum-ber 

cul-pa-ble 

cul-ti-vate 

cu-ri-ous 

cus-to-dy 

cus-to-mer 

Dan-ger-ous 

de-cen-cy 

ded-i-cate 

del-i-cate 

de-pu-ty 

des-o-late 

des-pe-rate 

des-ti-ny 

des-ti-tute 

det-ri-ment 

de-vi-ate 

di-a-dem 


di-a-logue 

dil-i-gence 

dis-ci-pline 

dis-lo-cate 

doc-u-ment 

dow-a-ger 

dra-pe-ry 

du-ra-ble 

Eb-o-ny 

ed-i-tor 

ed-u-cate 

el-e-gant 

el-e-ment 

el-e-phant 

el-e-vate 

el-o-quence 

em-i-nent 

em-pe-ror 

em-pha-sis 

em-u-late 

en-e-my 

en-er-gy 

en-ter-prise 

es-ti-mate 

ev-e-ry 

ev-i-dent 

ex-cel-lence 

ex-cel-lent 

ex-e-crate 

ex-e-cute 

ex-er-cise 

ex-pi-ate 

ex-qui-site 

Fab-u-lous 

fac-ul-ty 

faith-ful-ly 

fal-li-ble 

fath-er-less 

faul-ti-ly 

fer-ven-cy 


fes-ti-val 

fe-ver-ish 

fir-ma-ment 

fish-e-ry 

flat-te-ry 

fool-ish-ness 

fop-pe-ry 

for-ti-fy 

for-ward-ness 

fraud-u-lent 

free-hold-er 

friv-o-lous 

fro-ward-ly 

fu-ner-al 

fu-ri-ous 

fur-ni-ture 

Gain-say-er 

gal-lant-ry 

gal-le-ry 

gar-de-ner 

gar-ri-son 

gau-di-ly 

gen-er-al 

gen-er-ous 

gen-tle-man 

gen-u-ine 

gid-di-ness 

gin-ger-bread 

glim-mer-ing 

glo-ri-fy 

glut-ton-ous 

god-li-ness 

gor-man-dise 

gov-ern-ment 

gov-er-nor 

grace-ful-ness 

grad-u-ate 

grate-ful-ly 

grat-i-fy 

grav-i-tate 





Words of three Syllables , 


65 


greed-i-ness 

griev-ous-ly 

gun-pow-der 

Hand-i-ly 

hand-ker-chief 

harm-less-ly 

har-mo-ny 

haugh-ti-ness 

heav-i-ness 

he"-rald-ry 

he"-re-sy 

he"-ri-tage 

her-mit-age 

hid-e-ous 

hiad-er-most 

his-to-ry 

hoa-ri-ness 

ho-li-ness 

hon-es-ty 

hope-ful-ness 

hos-pi-tal 

hus-band-man 

hyp-o-crite 

Idle-ness 

ig-no-rant 

im-i-tate 

im-ple-ment 

im-pli-cate 

im-po-tence 

im-pu-dent 

in-ci-dent 

in-di-cate 

in-di-gent 

in-do-lent 

in-dus-try 

in-fa-my 

in-fan-cy 

in-fi-nite 

in-flu-ence 

in-ju-ry 


m-ner-most 

in-no-cence 

in-so-lent 

in-stant-ly 

in-sti-tute 

in-stru-ment 

in-ter-course 

in-ter-est 

in-ter-val 

in-ter-view 

in-ti-mate 

in-tri-cate 

Joc-u-lar 

jol-li-ness 

jo-vi-al 

jus-ti-fy 

Kid-nap-per 

kna-vish-ly 

knot-ti-ly 

La-bour-er 

lar-ce-ny 

leg-a-cy 

len-i-ty 

lep-ro-sy 

leth-ar-gy 

lib-er-al 

lib-er-tine 

like-li-hood 

li-on-ess 

lit-er-al 

lof-ti-ness 

low-li-ness 

lu-na-cy 

lu-na-tic 

lux-u-ry 

Mag-ni-fy 

ma-jes-ty 

main-te-nance 

man-age-ment 

man-ful-ly 


man-li-ness 

man-u-al 

man-u-script 

mar-i-gold 

mar-i-ner 

mar-row-bone 

mas-cu-line 

mel-low-ness 

mel-o-dy 

melt-ing-ly 

mem-o-ry 

men-di-cant 

mer-can-tile 

mer-chan-dise 

mer-ci-ful 

mer-ri-ment 

min-er-al 

min-is-ter 

mir-a-cle 

mis-chiev-ous 

mod-er-ate 

mon-u-ment 

mourn-ful-ly 

mul-ti-tude 

mu-si-cal 

mu-tu-al 

mys-te-ry 

Na-ked-ness 

nar-ra-tive 

nat-u-ral 

neg-a-tive 

night-in-gale 

nom-i-nate 

not-a-ble 

no-ta-ry 

no-ti-fy 

nov-el--ist 

nov-el-ty 

nour-ish-ment 

nu-mer-ous 













66 


Words of three Syllables . 


nun-ne-ry 

pec-to-ral 

nur-se-ry 

pec-u-late 

nu-tri-ment 

ped-an-try 

Ob-du-rate 

pen-al-ty 

ob-lo-quy 

pen-e-trate 

ob-so-lete 

pen-i-tence 

ob-sta-cle 

pen-sive-ly 

ob-sti-nate 

pen-u-ry 

ob-vi-ous 

per-fect-ness 

oc-cu-py 

per-ju-ry 

oc-u-list 

per-ma-nence 

o-di-ous 

per-pe-trate 

of-fer-ing 

per-se-cute 

om-i-nous 

per-son-age 

op-er-ate 

per-ti-nence 

op-po-site 

pes-ti-lence 

op-u-lent 

pet-ri-fy 

or-a-cle 

phy-si-cal 

or-a-tor 

pi-e-ty 

or-der-ly 

pil-fer-er 

or-di-nance 

pin-na-cle 

or-gan-ist 

plen-ti-ful 

or-i-gin 

plun-der-er 

or-na-ment 

po-e-try 

or-tho-dox 

pol-i-cy 

o-ver-flow 

pol-i-tic 

o-ver-sight 

pop-u-lar 

out-ward-ly 

pop-u-lous 

Pa"-ci-fy 

pos-si-ble 

pa-pa-cy 

po-ten-tate 

par-a-dise 

pov-er-ty 

par-a-dox 

prac-ti-cal 

p\^ r -a-graph 

pre-am-ble 

par- -a-pet 

pre-ce-dent 

par-a -phrase 

pres-i-dent 

par-a-si’te 

prev-a-lent 

par-o-dy s 

j prin-ci-pal 

pa-tri-arch 

pris-on-er 

pa"-tron-age 

priv-i-lege 

peace-a-ble 

prob-a-ble 


prod-i-gy 

prof-li-gate 

pro"-per-ly 

pro"-per-ty 

pros-e-cute 

pros-per-ous 

prot-est-ant 

prov-en-der 

prov-i-dence 

punc-tu-al 

pun-ish-ment 

pyr-a-mid 

Qual-i-fy 

quan-ti-ty 

quar-rel-some 

quer-u-lous 

qui-et-ness 

Rad-i-cal 

rav-en-ous 

re-cent-ly 

re"-com-pence 

rem-e-dy 

ren-o-vate 

re"-qui-site 

re"-tro-grade 

rev-e-rend 

rhet-o-ric 

right-e-ous 

rit-u-al 

riv-u-let 

rob-be-ry 

rot-ten-ness 

roy-al-ty 

Sac-ra-ment 

sac-ri-fice 

sal-a-ry 

sanc-ti-fy 

sat-ir-ist 

sat-is-fy 

sau-ci-ness 







Words of three SyUaoces. 07 


scrip-tu-ral 

sup-ple-ment 

Va-can-cy 

scru-pu-lous 

sus-te-nance 

vac-u-um 

se-cre-cy 

syc-a-more 

vag-a-bond 

sec-u-lar 

sym-pa-thise 

ve-he-ment 

sen-su-al 

Tem-po-rize 

ven-er-ate 

sep-a-rate 

ten-den-cy 

ven-om-ous 

sev-er-al 

ten-der-ness 

vet-er-an 

sit-u-ate 

tes-ta-ment 

vic-to-ry 

slip-pe-ry 

tit-u-lar 

vil-lai-ny 

sor-ce-ry 

tol-er-ate 

vi-o-late 

spec-ta-cle 

trac-ta-ble 

Wick-ed-ness 

stig-ma-tize 

treach-er-ous 

wil-der-ness 

strat-a-gem 

tur-bu-lent 

won-der-ful 

straw-ber-ry 

tur-pen-tine 

wor-thi-ness 

stren-u-ous 

ty-ran-nise 

wrong-ful-ly 

sub-se-quent 

U-su-al 

Yel-low-ness 

suc-cu-lent 

u-su-rer 

yes-ter-day 

suf-fo-cate 

u-su-ry 

youth-ful-ly 

sum-ma-ry 

ut-ter-ly 

Zeal-ous-ness 

Words of THREE Syllables , accented on the SECOND. 

A-ban-don 

ad-van-tage 

a-quat-ic 

a-base-ment 

ad-ven-ture 

ar-ri-val 

a-bid-ing 

ad-vi-ser 

as-sas-sin 

a-bol-ish 

a-gree-ment 

as-sem-ble 

a-bort-ive 

a-larm-ing 

as-sert-or 

ab-surd-ly 

al-low-ance 

as-sess-ment 

a-bun-dance 

al-migh-ty 

as-sum-ing 

a-bus-ive 

a-maze-ment 

as-su-rance 

ac-cept-ance 

a-mend-ment 

as-ton-ish 

ac-com-plish 

a-muse-ment 

a-sy-lum 

ac-cus-tom 

an-gel-ic 

ath-let-ic 

ac-know-ledge 

an-noy-ance 

a-tone-ment 

ac-quaint-ance 

an-oth-er 

at-tain-ment 

ac-quit-tal 

a-part-ment 

at-tem-per 

ad-mit-tance 

ap-pel-lant 

at-tend-ance 

ad-mon-ish 

ap-pend-age 

at-tent-ive 

a-do-rer 

ap-point-ment 

at-tor-ney 

a-dorn-ing 

ap-pren-tice 

at-tract-ive 










68 Words of three Syllables. 


at-trib-ute 

a-vovv-al 

au-then-tic 

Bal-co-ny 

bap-tis-mai 

be-com-ing 

be-fore-hatid 

be-gin-ning 

be-hold-en 

be-liev-er 

be-long-ing 

be-stow-er 

be-tray-er 

be-wil-der 

bom-bard-ment 

Ca-the-dral 

clan-des-tine 

col-lect-or 

com-mand-ment 

com-mit-ment 

com-pen-sate 

com-plete-ly 

con-demn-ed 

con-fis-cate 

con-found-er 

con-jec-ture 

con-joint-ly 

con-ni-vance 

con-sid-er 

con-sist-ent 

con-sum-er 

con-sump-tive 

con-teai-plate 

con-tent-ment 

con-tin-gent 

con-tri-vance 

con-trol-ler 

con-vert-er 

coa-vict-ed 

ccr-rect-or 


cor-ro-sive 

cor-rupt-ness 

cre-a-tor 

De-ben-ture 

de-can-ter 

de-ceas-ed 

de-ceit-ful 

de-ceiv-er 

de-ci-sive 

de-claim-er 

de-co-rum 

de-crep-id 

de-fence-less 

de-fen-sive 

de-form-ed 

de-light-ful 

de-liv-er 

de-lu-sive 

de-mol-ish 

de-mure-ness 

de-ni-al 

de-part-ure 

de-pend-ant 

de-po-nent 

de-pos-it 

de-scend-ant 

de-sert-er 

de-spond-ent 

de-stroy-er 

de-vour-er 

dic-ta-tor 

dif-fus-ive 

di-min-ish 

di-rect-or 

dis-a-ble 

dis-as-ter 

dis-bur-den 

dis-ci-ple 

dis-cov-er 

dis-cour-age 


dis-dain-ful 
dis-fig-ure 
dis-grace-ful 
dis-heart-en 
dis-hon-est 
dis-hon-our 
dis-or-der 
dis-par-age 
dis-qui-et 
dis-sem-ble 
dis-taste-ful 
dis-til-ler 
dis-tinct-ly 
dis-tin-guish 
dis-tract-ed 
dis-trib-ute 
dis-trust-ful 
dis-turb-ance 
di-vi-ner 
di-ur-nal 
di-vul-ger 
do-mes-tic 
dra-mat-ic 
Ec-lec-tic 
e-clips-ed 
ef-fec-tive 
ef-ful-gent 
e-lev-en 
e-li"-cit 
e-lon-gate 
e-lu-sive 
em -bar-go 
em-bel-lish 
em-broid-er 
em-pan-nel 
em-ploy-ment 
en-a-ble 
en-am-el 
en-camp-ment 
| en-chant-er 













Words of thrfe Syllables . 


69 


en-count-er 

en-cour-age 

en-croach-ment 

en-cum-ber 

en-dea-vour 

en-dorse-ment 

en-du-rance 

en-fet-ter 

en-large-ment 

en-light-en 

en-su-rance 

en-tice-ment 

en-vel-op 

en-vi-rons 

e-pis-tle 

er-ra-tic 

e-stab-lish 

e-ter-nal 

ex-alt-ed 

ex-hib-it 

ex-ter-nal 

ex-tin-guish 

Fa-nat-ic 

fan-tas-tic 

fo-men-tor 

for-bear-ance 

for-get-ful 

for-sa-ken 

ful-fil-led 

Gi-gan-tic 

Har-mon-ics 

here-af-ter 

he-ro-ic 

hu-mane-ly 

I-de-a 

il-lus-trate 

im-a"-gine 

im-mod-est 

im-mor-tul 

im-peach-ment 


im-port-er 

im-pos-tor 

im-pris-on 

im-pru-dent 

in-cen-tive 

in-clu-sive 

in-cum-bent 

in-debt-ed 

in-de-cent 

in-den-ture 

in-duce-ment 

in-dul-gence 

in-for-mal 

in-form-er 

in-fringe-ment 

in-hab-it 

in-he-rent 

in-he"-rit 

in-hu-man 

in-qui-ry 

in-sip-id 

in-stinct-ive 

in-struct-or 

in-vent-or 

in-ter-nal 

in-ter-pret 

in-tes-tate 

in-trin-sic 

in-val-id 

Je-ho-vah 

La-con-ic 

lieu-ten-ant 

Ma-lig-nant 

ma-raud-er 

ma-ter-nal 

ma-ture-ly 

me-chan-ic 

mi-nute-ly 

mis-con-duct 

mis-no-mer 


mo-nas-tic 

Neg-lect-ful 

noc-tur-nal 

Ob-ject-or 

o-bli-ging 

ob-lique-ly 

ob-serv-ance 

oc-cur-rence 

of-fend-er 

of-fen-sive 

op-po-nent 

or-gan-ic 

Pa-cif-ic 

par-ta-ker 

pa-thet-ic 

per-fu-mer 

per-spec-tive 

po-lite-ly 

po-ma-tum 

pre-pa-rer 

pre-sump-tive 

pro-ceed-ing 

pro-duct-ive 

pro-phet-ic 

pro-po-sal 

pros-pect-ive 

Re-deem-er 

re-dun-dant 

re-lin-quish 

re-luc-tant 

re-main-der 

re-mem-ber 

re-mem-brance 

re-miss-ness 

re-morse-less 

re-nown-ed 

re-plen-ish 

re-proach-ful 

re-sem-ble 

re-sis-tance 











70 


Words of three Syllables. 


re-spect-ful 

re-venge-ful 

re-view-er 

re-vi-ler 

re-vi-val 

re-volt-er 

re-ward-er 

Sar-cas-tic 

se-cure-ly 

se-duc-er 

se-ques-ter 

se-rene-ly 

sin-cere-ly 


spec-ta-tor 

sub-mis-sive 

Tes-ta-tor 

thanks-giv-ing 

to-bac-co 

to-geth-er 

trans-pa-rent 

tri-bu-nal 

tri-um-phant 

Un-cov-er 

un-daunt-ed 

un-e-quel 

un-fruit-ful 


un-god-ly 

un-grate-ful 

un-ho-ly 

un-learn-ed 

un-ru-ly 

un-skil-ful 

un-sta-ble 

un-thank-ful 

un-time-ly 

un-wor-thy 

un-com-mon 

Vice-ge-rent 

vin-dic-tive 


Words of THREE Syllables , accented on the LAST. 


Ac-qui-esce 

af-ter-noon 

a-la-mode 

am-bus-cade 

ap-per-tain 

ap-pre-hend 

Bal-us-trade 

bar-ri-cade 

brig-a-dier 

buc-ca-neer 

Ca"-ra-van 

cav-al-cade 

cir-cum-scribe 

cir-cum-vent 

co-in-cide 

corn-plais-ance 

com-pre-hend 

con-de-scend 

con-tra-dict 

con-tro-vert 

cor-re-spond 

coun-ter-mine 

coun-ter-vail 


Dis-a-buse 

dis-a-gree 

dis-al-low 

dis-ap-pear 

dis-ap-point 

dis-ap-prove 

dis-be-lieve 

dis-com-mend 

dis-com-pose 

dis-con-tent 

dis-en-chant 

dis-en-gage 

dis-en-thral 

dis-o-bey 

En-ter-tain 

Gas-con-ade 

gaz-et-teer 

Here-up-on 

Im-ma-ture 

im-por-tune 

in-com-mode 

in-com-plete 

in-cor-rect 


in-dis-creet 

in-ter-cede 

in-ter-cept 

in-ter-change 

in-ter-fere 

in-ter-lope 

in-ter-mit 

in-ter-mix 

in-ter-vene 

Mag-a-zine 

mis-ap-ply 

mis-be-have 

O-ver-charge 

o-ver-flow 

o-ver-lay 

o-ver-look 

o-ver-spread 

o-ver-take 

o-ver-throw 

o-ver-turn 

o-ver-whelm 

Per-se-vere 

Re'-col-lect 











Words of three Syllables. 


71 


re"-com-mend 

re-con-vene 

re-in-force 

ref-u-gee 

rep-ar-tee 

re"-pre-hend 

re"-pre-sent 


re"-pri-mand 

Ser-e-nade 

su-per-scribe 

su-per-sede 

There-up-on 

Un-a-ware 

un-be-lief 


un-der-go 

un-der-mine 

un-der-stand 

un-der-take 

un-der-worth 

Vi-o-lin 

vol-un-teer 


Words of THREE Syllables, pronounced as TWO, and 
accented on the FIRST. 


RU 

Cion, sion, tion , sound like 
shon, either in the middle, 
or at the end of Words. 

Ce, ci, sciy si, and ti, like sh. 

Cial, tial, commonly sound 
like shal. 


Cian , turn, like shan. 

Cient, tient , like shent. 
Cious, scions , and tious, like 
shus. 

Science , tience, like shence . 


Ac-ti-on 

an-ci-ent 

auc-ti-on 

Cap-ti-ous 

cau-ti-on 

cau-ti-ous 

con-sci-ence 

con-sci-ous 

Dic-ti-on 

Fac-ti-on 

fac-ti-ous 

frac-ti-on 

frac-ti-ous 

Gra-ci-ous 

Junc-ti-on 

Lo-ti-on 

lus-ci-ous 


Man-si-on 

mar-ti-al 

men-ti-on 

mer-si-on 

mo-ti-on 

Na-ti-on 

no-ti-on 

nup-ti-al 

O-ce-an 

op-ti-on 

Pac-ti-on 

par-ti-al 

pas-si-on 

pa-ti-ence 

pa-ti-ent 

pen-si-on 

por-ti-on 


po-ti-on 

pre"-ci-ous 

Ques-ti-on 

quo-ti-ent 

Sanc-ti-on 

sec-ti-on 

spe"-ci-al 

spe-ci-ous 

sta-ti-on 

suc-ti-on 

Ten-si-on 

ter-ti-an 

trac-ti-on 

Unc-ti-on 

Vec-ti-on 

ver-si-on 

vP-si-on 










72 


Words of four Syllables. 


Words of four Syllables , pronounced as three, 
and accented on the second. 

(See the Rules at page 71.) 


A-dop-ti-on 

af-fec-ti-on 

af-flic-ti-on 

as-per-si-on 

at-ten-ti-on 

at-trac-ti-on 

au-spi-ci-ous 

Ca-pa-ci-ous 

ces-sa-ti-on 

col-la-ti-on 

com-pas-si-on 

com-pul-si-on 

con-cep-ti-on 

con-clu-si-on 

con-fes-si-on 

con-fu-si-on 

con-junc-ti-on 

con-struc-ti-on 

con-ten-ti-ous 

con-ver-si-on 

con-vic-ti-on 

con-vul-si-on 

cor-rec-ti-on 

cor-rup-ti-on 

cre-a-ti-on 

De-coc-ti-on 

de-fec-ti-on 

de-fi"-ci-ent 

de-jec-ti-on 

de-li"-ci-ous 

de-scrip-tbon 


de-struc-ti-on 
de-trac-ti-on 
de -vo-ti-on 
! dis-cus-si-on 
j dis-sen-si-on 
i dis-tinc-ti-on 
1 di-vi"-si-on 
E-jec-ti-on 
e-lec-ti-on 
e-rup-ti-on 
es-sen-ti-al 
ex-ac-ti-on 
ex-clu-si-on 
ex-pan-si-on 
ex-pres-si-on 
ex-pul-si-on 
ex-tor-ti-on 
| ex-trac-ti-on 
j Fal-la-ci-ous 
foun-da-ti-on 
Im-mer-si-on 
im-par-ti-al 
im-pa-ti-ent 
im-pres-si-on 
in-junc-ti-on 
in-scrip-ti-on 
in-struc-ti-on 
in-ven-ti-on 
ir-rup-ti-on 
Li-cen-ti-ous 
lo-gi"-ci-an 


Ma-gi"-c-ian 
mu-si"-ci-an 
Nar-ra-ti-on 
Ob-jec-ti-on 
ob-la-ti-on 
ob-struc-ti-on 
op-pres-si-on 
op-ti"-ci-an 
o-ra-ti-on 
I Per-fec-ti-on 
I pol-lu-ti-on 
! pre-dic-ti-on 
j pre-scrip-ti-on 
pro-mo-ti-on 
pro-por-ti-on 
pro-vin-ci-al 
Re-jec-ti-on 
re-la-ti-on 
re-ten-ti-on 
Sal-va-ti-on 
sub-jec-ti-on 
sub-stan-ti-al 
sub-trac-ti-on 
sub-ver-si-on 
suc-ces-si-on 
suf-fi"-ci-ent 
sus-pi"-ci-on 
Temp-ta-ti-on 
trans-la-ti-on 
Va-ca-ti-on 
vex-a-ti-011 










Words of four Syllables . 73 


Words of four Syllables , acccnled on the 


Ab-so-lute-ly 

ac-ces-sa-ry 

ac-cu-ra-cy 

ac-cu-rate-ly 

a"-cri-mo-ny 

ac-tu-al-ly 

ad-di-to-ry 

ad-e-quate-ly 

ad-mi-ra-ble 

ad-mi-ral-ty 

ad-ver-sa-ry 

ag-gra-va-ted 

al-a-bas-ter 

a-li-en-ate 

al-le-go-ry 

al-ter-a-tive 

a-mi-a-ble 

am-i-ca-ble 

am-o-rous-ly 

an-i-ma-ted 

an-nu-al-ly 

an-swer-a-ble 

an-ti-cham-ber 

an-ti-mo-ny 

an-ti-qua-ry 

ap-o-plec-tic 

ap-pli-ca-ble 

ar-bi-tra-ry 

ar-ro-gant-ly 

au-di-to-ry 

a-vi-a-ry 

Bar-ba-rous-ly 


FIRST. 

beau-ti-ful-ly 

ben-e-fit-ed 

boun-ti-ful-ness 

bril-li-an-cy 

bur-go-mas-ter 

Cap-i-tal-ly 

cas-u-ist-ry 

cat-er-pil-lar 

cel-i-ba-cy 

cen-sur-a-ble 

cer-e-mo-ny 

cir-cu-la-ted 

cog-ni-za-ble 

com-fort-a-ble 

com-men-ta-ry 

com-mis-sa-ry 

com-mon-al-ty 

com-pa-ra-ble 

com-pe-ten-cy 

con-fi-dent-ly 

con-quer-a-ble 

con-se-quent-ly 

con-sti-tu-ted 

con-ti-nent-ly 

con-tro-ver-sy 

con-tu-ma-cy 

co-pi-ous-ly 

co"-py-hold-er 

cor-po-ral-ly 

cor-pu-lent-ly 

cor-ri-gi-ble 

cred-it-a-ble 


cus-tom-a-ry 

cov-et-ous-ly 

Dan-ger-ous-ly 

del-i-ca-cy 

des-pi-ca-ble 

dif-fi-cul-ty 

dil-i-gent-ly 

dis-pu-ta-ble 

drom-e-da-ry 

du-ra-ble-ness 

Ef-fi-ca-cy 

el-e-gant-ly 

el-i-gi-ble 

em-i-nent-ly 

ex-cel-len-cy 

ex-e-cra-ble 

ex-o-ra-ble 

ex-qui-site-ly 

Fa-vour-a-bly 

feb-ru-a-ry 

fig-u-ra-tive 

fluc-tu-a-ting 

for-mi-da-ble 

for-tu-nate-ly # 

fraud-u-lent- 1 iy 

friv-o-lousydy 

Gen-er-p^d-ly 
gen-er-r -3us-ly 
gil-li.filow-er 
gov ,-ern-a-ble 
gnad-a-to-ry 
yiab-er-dash-er 

E 












74 Words of four Syllables. 


hab-it-a-ble 
het-er-o-dox 
hon-our-a-ble 
hos-pit-a-ble 
hu-mour-ousdy 
Ig-no-mi"-ny 
im-i-ta-tor 
in-do-lent-ly 
in-no-cen-cy 
in-ti-ma-cy 
in-tri-ca-cy 
in-ven-to-ry 
Jan-u-a-ry 
ju-di-ca-ture 
jus-tl-fi-ed 
Lap-i-da-ry 
lit-er-al-ly 
lit-er-a-ture 
lo-gi-cal-ly 
lu-mi-na-ry 
Ma-gis-tra-cy 
mal-le-a-ble 
man-da-to-ry 
ma"-tri-mo-ny 
mel-an-cho-ly 
; mem-o-ra-ble 
mt^n-su-ra-ble 
meb;-ce-na-ry 
mil-i-t^a-ry 
mis-er-aa-ble 
mod-er-au-.e-ly 
mo-men-ta -ry 


| mon-as-te-ry 
mo"-ral-i-zer 
mul-ti-pli-er 
| mu-si-cal-ly 
mu-ti-nous-ly 
Na"-tu-ral-ly 
ne"-ces-sa-ry 
ne-cro-man-cy 
neg-li-gent-ly 
not-a-ble-ness 
nu-mer-ous-ly 
Ob-du-ra-cy 
ob-sti-na-cy 
ob-vi-ous-ly 
oc-cu-pi-er 
oc-u-lar-ly 
op-er-a-tive 
or-a-to-ry 
or-di-na-ry 
Pa"-ci-fi-er 
pal-a-ta-ble 
par-don-a-ble 
pa"-tri-mo-ny 
pen-e-tra-ble 
per-ish-a-ble 
prac-ti-ca-ble 
preb-en-da-ry 
pref-er-a-ble 
pres-by-te-ry 
prev-a-lent-ly 
prof-it-a-ble 
prom-is-so-ry 


pur-ga-to-ry 
pu-ri-fi-er 
Rat-i-fi-er 
rea-son-a-ble 
righ-te-ous-ness 
Sac-ri-fi-cer 
1 sanc-tu-a-ry 
| sat-is-fi-ed 
sec-re-ta-ry 
sep-a-rate-ly 
ser-vice-a-ble 
slov-en-li-ness 
sol-i-ta-ry 
sov-er-eign-ty 
spec-u-la-tive 
spir-it-u-al 
stat-u-a-ry 
sub-lu-na-ry 
Tab-er-na-cle 
ter-ri-fy-ing 
ter-ri-to-ry 
tes-ti-mo-ny 
tol-er-a-ble 
tran-si-to-ry 
Val-u-a-ble 
va-ri-a-ble 
ve"-ge-ta-ble 
ven-er-a-ble 
vir-tu-ous-ly 
vol-un-ta-ry 
War-rant-a-ble 
wash-er-wo-man 








Words of four Syllables . 


75 


Words of four Syllables , accenled on the 

SECOND. 


Ab-bre-vi-ate 

ab-dom-i-nal 

a-bil-i-ty 

a-bom-i-nate 

a-bun-dant-ly 

a-bus-ive-ly 

ac-cel-er-ate 

ac-ces-si-ble 

ac-com-pa-ny 

ac-count-a-ble 

ac-cu-mu-late 

a-cid-i-ty 

ad-min-is-ter 

ad-mon-ish-er 

ad-ven-tur-er 

a-gree-a-ble 

al-low-a-ble 

am-bas-sa-dor 

am-big-u-ous 

am-phi"-bi-ous 

a-na"-to-mist 

an-gel-i-cal 

an-ni-hil-ate 

a-nom-a-lous 

an-tag-o-nist 

an-ti"-pa-thy 

an-ti"-qui-ty 

a-po"-lo-gize 

a-rith-me-tic 

as-sas-sin-ate 

as-tro"-lo-ger 


as-tro"-no-mer 

at-ten-u-ate 

a-vail-a-ble 

au-then-ti-cate 

au-thor-i-ty 

Bar-ba-ri-an 

be-at-i-tude 

be-com-ing-ly 

be-ha-vi-our 

be-ne"-fi-cence 

be-ne"-vo-lence 

bi-o"-gra-phy 

bi-tu-mi-nous 

Ca-lam-i-tous 

ca-lum-ni-ous 

ca-pit-u-late 

ca-tas-tro-phe 

cen-so-ri-ous 

chi-rur-gi-cal 

chro-no"-lo-gy 

con-form-a-ble 

con-grat-u-late 

con-sid-er-ate 

con-sist-o-ry 

con-sol-i-date 

con-spic-u-ous 

con-spi"-ra-cy 

con-su-ma-ble 

con-sist-en-cy 

con-tam-i-nate 

con-tempt-i-ble 


con-test-a-ble 

con-tig-u-ous 

con-tin-u-al 

con-trib-u-tor 

con-ve-ni-ent 

con-vers-a-ble 

co-op-e-rate 

cor-po-re-al 

cor-rel-a-tive 

cor-rob-o-rate 

cor-ro-sive-ly 

cu-ta-ne-ous 

De-bil-i-tate 

de-crep-i-tude 

de-fen-si-ble 

de-fm-i-tive 

de-form-i-ty 

de-gen-er-ate 

de-ject-ed-ly 

de-lib-er-ate 

de-light-ful-ly 

de-lin-e-ate 

de-liv-er-ance 

de-mo"-cra-cy 

de-mon-stra-ble 

de-nom-i-nate 

de-plo-ra-ble 

de-pop-u-late 

de-pre-ci-ate 

de-si-ra-ble 

de-spite-ful-ly 







j6 Words of four Syllables. 

de-spond-en-cy 

e-pis-co-pal 

Ha-bil-i-ment 

de-ter-min-ate 

e-pit-o-me 

ha-bit-u-ate 

de-test-a-ble 

e-quiv-o-cate 

har-mon-i-cal 

dex-te"-ri-ty 

er-ro-ne-ous 

her-met-i-cal 

di-min-u-tive 

e-the-re-al 

hi-la"-ri-ty 

dis-cern-i-ble 

e-van-gel-ist 

hu-man-i-ty 

dis-cov-e-ry 

e-vap-o-rate 

hu-mil-i-ty 

dis-crim-i-nate 

e-va-sive-ly 

hy-po"-the-sis 

dis-dain-ful-ly 

e-ven-tu-al 

I-dol-a-ter 

dis-grace-ful-ly 

ex-am-in-er 

il-lit-er-ate 

dis-loy-al-ty 

ex-ceed-ing-ly 

il-lus-tri-ous 

dis-or-der-ly 

ex-ces-sive-ly 

im-men-si-ty 

dis-pen-sa-ry 

ex-cu-sa-ble 

im-mor-tal-ize 

dis-sat-is-fy 

ex-ec-u-tor 

im-mu-ta-ble 

dis-sim-i-lar 

ex-em-pla-ry 

im-ped-i-ment 

dis-u-ni-on 

ex-fo-li-ate 

im-pen-i-tence 

div-in-i-ty 

ex-hil-a-rate 

im-pe-ri-ous 

dog-mat-i-cal 

ex-on-er-ate 

im-per-ti-nent 

dox-o"-lo-gy 

ex-or-bi-tant 

im-pet-u-ous 

du-pli"-ci-ty 

ex-pe"-ri-ment I 

im-pi-e-ty 

E-bri-e-ty 

ex-ter-mi-nate 

im-plac-a-ble 

ef-fec-tu-al 

ex-trav-a-gant 

im-pol-i-tic 

ef-fem-i-nate 

ex-trem-i-ty 

im-por-tu-nate 

ef-fron-te-ry 

Fa-nat-i-cism 

im-pos-sl-ble 

e -g re -gi-° us 

fas-tid-i-ous 

im-prob-a-ble 

e-jac-u-late 

fa-tal-i-ty 

im-pov-er-ish 

e-lab-o-rate 

fe-li"-ci-ty 

im-preg-na-ble 

e-lu-ci-date 

fra-gil-i-ty 

im-prov-a-ble 

e-'mas-cu-late 

fru-gal-i-ty 

im-prov-i-dent 

em-pir-i-cal 

fu-tu-ri-ty 

in-an-i-mate 

em-pov-er-ish 

Ge-o"-gra-phy 

in-au-o^u-rate 

en-am-el-ler 

ge-o"-me-try 

in-ca-pa-ble 

en-thu-si-ast 

gram-ma-ri-an 

in-clem-en-cy 

e-nu-mer-ate 

gram-mat-i-cal 

in-cli-na-ble 











Words of four Syllables. 


m-con-stan-cy 

in-cu-ra-ble 

in-de-cen-cy 

in-el-e-gant 

in-fat-u-ate 

in-hab-i-tant 

in-grat-i-tude 

in-sin-u-ate 

in-teg-ri-ty 

in-ter-pre-ter 

in-tract-a-ble 

in-trep-id-ly 

in-val-i-date 

in-vet-er-ate 

in-vid-i-ous 

ir-rad-i-ate 

i-tin-er-ant 

Ju-rid-i-cal 

La-bo-ri-ous 

le-git-i-mate 

le-gu-mi-nous 

lux-u-ri-ous 

Mag-ni"-ficent 

ma-te-ri-al 

me-tro"-po-lis 

mi-rac-u-lous 

Na-tiv-i-ty 

non-sen-si-cal 

no-to-ri-ous 


O-be-di-ent 

ob-serv-a-ble 

om-ni"-po-tent 

o-rac-u-lar 

o-ri"-gi-nal 

Par-tic-u-lar 

pe-nu-ri-ous 

per-pet-u-al 

per-spic-u-ous 

phi-lo"-so-pher 

pos-te-ri-or 

pre-ca-ri-ous 

pre-cip-i-tate 

pre-des-ti-nate 

pre-dom-i-nate 

pre-oc-cu-py 

pre-va"-ri-cate 

pro-gen-i-tor 

pros-per-i-ty 

Ra-pid-i-ty 

re-cep-ta-cle 

re-cum-ben-cy 

re-cur-ren-cy 

re-deem-a-ble 

re-dun-dan-cy 

re-frac-to-ry 

re-gen-er-ate 

re-luc-tan-cy 

re-mark-a-ble 


77 

re-mu-ner-ate 

re-splen-dent-ly 

re-sto-ra-tive 

re-su-ma-ble 

Sa-ga"-ci-ty 

si-mil-i-tude 

sim-pli"-ci-ty 

so-lem-ni-ty 

so-li"-ci-tor 

so-li"-ci-tous 

sub-ser-vi-ent 

su-pe-ri-or 

su-per-la-tive 

su-prem-a-cy 

Tau-to"-lo-gy 

ter-ra-que-ous 

ther-mo"-me-ter 

the-o"-lo-gy 

tri-um-phant-ly 

tu-mul-tu-ous 

ty-ran-ni-cal 

U-nan-i-mous 

u-bi"-qui-ty 

un-search-a-ble 

Va-cu-i-ty 

ver-nac-u-lar 

vi-cis-si-tude 

vi-va"-ci-ty 

vo-lup-tu-ous 








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Select Fables. 


SELECT FABLES. 



THE FARTHING RUSHLIGHT. 

Once a Rushlight, in love with its own bril¬ 
liancy, boasted that its light was brighter than 
that of the sun, the moon, and the stars. Just 
then it was blown out by the wind. A girl who 
relit it, said, “ Cease your boasting; Heavenly 
lights do not blow out.” 

































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THE BOY AND THE NETTLES. 

A Boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home 
and told his mother, saying, “ Although it pains 
me so much, I did but touch it ever so gently.” 
“ That was just it,” said his mother, “ which 
caused it to sting you. The next time you 
touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be 
soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least 
hurt you.” 

Whatever you do, do with all your might. 



THE MOTHER AND THE WOLF. 

A famished Wolf was prowling about in the 
morning in search of food. As he passed the 
door of a cottage built in the forest, he heard a 
Mother say to her child, “ Be quiet, or I will 






So 


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throw you out of the window, and the Wolf 
shall eat you.” The Wolf sat all day waiting 
at the door. In the evening he heard the same 
woman, fondling her child and saying : “ He is 
quiet now, and if the Wolf should come, we will 
hill him.” The Wolf, hearing these words, went 
home, gaping with cold and hunger. On his 
reaching his den, Mistress Wolf inquired of him 
why he returned wearied and supperless, so con¬ 
trary to his wont. He replied: “ W hy, forsooth! 
—because I gave credence to the words of a 
woman 1 ” 





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THE DOG AND THE SHADOW. 

A Dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with 
a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow 
in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, 
with a piece of meat double his own in size. He 
therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked 


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the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him. 
He thus lost both : that which he grasped at in 
the water, because it was a shadow; and his 
own, because the stream swept it away. 


THE WOMAN AND HER HEN. 

A Woman possessed a Hen that gave her an 
egg every day. She often thought with herself 
how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of 
one, and at last, to gain her purpose, determined 
to give the Hen a double allowance of barley. 
From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, 
and never once laid another egg. 

Covetousness overreacheth itself. 








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THE MILK-WOMAN AND HER PAIL. 

A Farmers daughter was carrying her pail 
of milk from the field to the farm-house, when 
she fell a-musing. “ The money for which this 
milk will be sold, will buy at least three hundred 
eggs. The eggs, allowing for all mishaps, will 
produce two hundred and fifty chickens. The 



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chickens will become ready for the market when 
poultry will fetch the highest price ; so that by 
the end of the year I shall have money enough 
from the perquisites that will fall to my share, to 
buy a new gown. In this dress I will go to the 
Christmas junketings, when all the young fel¬ 
lows will propose to me, but I will toss my head, 
and refuse them every one.” At this moment 
she tossed her head in unison with her thoughts, 
when down fell the Milk-pail to the ground, 
and all her imaginary schemes perished in a 
moment. 


THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE. 

A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and 
slow pace of the Tortoise. The latter, laughing, 
said, “ Though you be swift as the wind, I will 
beat you in a race.” The Hare, deeming her 
assertion to be simply impossible, assented to 
the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox 
should choose the course, and fix the goal. On 
the day appointed for the race they started 
together. The Tortoise never for a moment 
stopped, but went on with a slow but steady 
pace straight to the end of the course. The 
Hare, trusting to his native ' swiftness, cared 
little about the race, and lying down by the 
wayside, fell fast asleep. At. last waking up, 
and moving as fast as he could, he saw the 
Tortoise had reached the goal, and was com¬ 
fortably dozing after her fatigue. 




William and Thomas , a Moral Tale. 85 



INDUSTRY AND INDOLENCE. 

CONTRASTED. 

A Tale by Dr. Percival. 

In a village, at a small distance from the metropolis, 
lived a wealthy husbandman, who had two sons, 
William and Thomas; the former of whom was 
exactly a year older than the other. 

On the day when the second son was born, the 
husbandman planted in his orchard two young apple- 
trees of an equal size, on which he bestowed the same 
care in cultivating; and they throve so much alike, 
that it was a difficult matter to say which claimed 
the preference. 

As soon as the children were capable of using 
garden implements, their father took them, on a fine 








86. William and Thomas , a Moral Tale . 


day, early in the spring, to see the two plants he 
had reared for them, and called after their names. 
William and Thomas having much admired the 
beauty of these trees, now filled with blossoms, their 
father told them, that he made them a present of 
the trees in good condition, which would continue to 
thrive or decay, in proportion to the labour or neglect 
they received. 

Thomas, though the youngest son, turned all his 
attention to the improvement of his tree, by clearing 
it of insects as soon as he discovered them, and prop¬ 
ping up the stem that it might grow perfectly upright. 
He dug about it, to loosen the earth, that the root 
might receive nourishment from the warmth of the 
sun, and the moisture of the dews. No mother could 
nurse her child more tenderly in its infancy, than 
Thomas did his tree. 

His brother William, however, pursued a very 
different conduct; for he loitered away all his time in 
the most idle and mischievous manner, one of his 
principal amusements being to throw stones at people 
as they passed. He kept company with all the idle 
boys in the neighbourhood, with whom he was con¬ 
tinually fighting, and was seldom without either a 
black eye or a broken skin. His poor tree was 
neglected, and never thought of, till one day in 
autumn, when, by chance, seeing his brother’s tree 
loaded with the finest apples, and almost ready to 
break down with the weight, he ran to his own tree, 
not doubting that he should find it in the same pleas¬ 
ing condition. 

Great, indeed,were his disappointment and surprise, 
when, instead of finding the tree loaded with excellent 
fruit, he beheld nothing but a few withered leaves, 
and branches covered with moss. He instantly went 
to his father, and complained of his partiality in giving 
him a tree that was worthless and barren, while his 
brother’s produced the most luxuriant fruit; and he 
thought that his brother should, at least, give him half 
of his apples. 



William and Thomas , a Moral Tale . 87 


His father told him that it was by no means 
reasonable that the industrious should give up part of 
their labour to feed the idle. “ If your tree,” said he, 

“ has produced you nothing, it is but a just reward of 
your indolence, since you see what the industry of 
your brother has gained him. Your tree was equally 
full of blossoms, and grew in the same soil; but you 
paid no attention to the culture of it. Your brother 
suffered no visible insects to remain on his tree; but 
you neglected that caution, and suffered them to eat 
up the very buds. As I cannot bear to see even 
plants perish through neglect, I must now take this 
tree from you, and give it to your brother, whose care 
and attention may possibly restore it to its former 
vigour. The fruit it produces shall be his property, 
and you must no longer consider yourself as having 
any right in it. However, you may go to my nur« 
sery, and there choose any other you may like better, 
and try what you can do with it; but if you neglect 
to take proper care of it, I shall take that also from 
you, and give it to your brother as a reward for his 
superior industry and attention.” 

This had the desired effect on William, who 
clearly perceived the justice and propriety of his 
father’s reasoning, and instantly went into the nursery 
to choose the most thriving apple-tree he could meet 
with. His brother Thomas, assisting him in the cul¬ 
ture of his tree, advised him in what manner to pro¬ 
ceed ; and William made the best use of his time, and 
the instructions he received from his brother. He left 
off all his mischievous tricks, forsook the company of 
idle boys, applied himself cheerfully to work, and in 
autumn received the reward of his labour, his tree 
being loaded with fruit. 




88 


Moral Observations. 



Moral and Practical Observations, which ought 
to be committed to memory at an early age. 

It is wiser to prevent a quarrel, than to revenge it. 

Custom is the plague of wise men: but is the idol 
of fools. 

He is always rich, who considers himself as having 
enough. 

The golden rule of happiness is to be moderate in 
your expectations. 

Prosperity gains friends, and adversity tries them. 

Diligence, industry, and submission to advice, are 
material duties of the young. 

It is better to reprove, than to be angry secretly. 

Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, 
but it re^ts only in the bosom of fools. 

Sincerity and truth are the foundations of all 
virtue. 

J’y others’ faults, wise men correct their own. 

1 o mourn without measure, is folly; not to 
mourn at all, is insensibility. 

Industry is the parent of every excellence. 







Moral Observations. 


89 


Beware of false reasoning, when you are about to 
inflict an injury which you cannot repair. 

He can never have a true friend, who is often 
changing his friendships. 

Virtuous youth gradually produces flourishing 
manhood. 

None more impatiently suffer injuries, than those 
that are most forward in doing them. 

Money, like manure, does no good till it is spread. 

There is no real use in riches, except in the distri¬ 
bution of them. 

Complaisance renders a superior amiable, an equal 
agreeable, and an inferior acceptable. 

Excess of ceremony shews want of breeding. 

By taking revenge of an injury, a man is only 
even with his enemy; by passing it over, he is 
superior. 

No object is more pleasing to the eye, than the 
sight of a man whom you have obliged. 

No music is so agreeable to the ear, as the voice 
of one that owns you for his benefactor. 

The only benefit to be derived from flattery is, 
that by hearing what we are not, we may be in¬ 
structed in what we ought to be. 

A wise man will desire no more than what he may 
get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live 
upon contentedly. 

The character of the person who commends you, 
is to be considered, before you set much value on his 
praise. 

Ingratitude is a crime so shameful, that no man 
was ever found, who would acknowledge himself 
guilty of it. 

A wise man applauds him whom he thinks most 
virtuous; the rest of the world, him who is most 
powerful, or most wealthy. 

There is more trouble in accumulating the first 
hundred, than in the next five thousand. 

Fix on that course of life which is the most excel¬ 
lent, and habit will render it the most delightful. 




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Moral Observations . 


As to be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine 
nature, to be so to the utmost of his abilities, is the 
glory of man. 

No man was ever cast down with the injuries of 
fortune, unless he had before suffered himself to be 
deceived by her favours. 

Nothing engages more the affections of men, then 
a polite address, and graceful conversation. 

A more glorious victory cannot be gained over 
another man, than to return injury with kindness. 

There cannot be a greater treachery, than first to 
raise confidence, and then deceive it. 

It is as great a point of wisdom to hide ignorance, 
as to discover knowledge. 

No man hath a thorough taste of prosperity, to 
whom adversity never happened. 

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken 
at the flood leads on to fortune. 

Beware of making a false estimate of your own 
powers, character, and pretensions. 

The man who tells nothing, or who tells every¬ 
thing, will equally have nothing told him. 

A lie is always troublesome, sets a man’s invention 
upon the rack, and requires the aid of many more to 
support it. 

We should take prudent care for the future; but 
not so as to spoil the enjoyment of the present. 

It forms no part of wisdom to be miserable 
to-day, because we may happen to become so to¬ 
morrow. 

It is the infirmity of little minds, to be captivated 
by every appearance, and dazzled with every thing 
that sparkles. 

The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the 
tongue of the wise is in his heart. 

He that is truly polite, knows how to contradict 
with respect, and to please without adulation. 

A good word is an easy obligation, but not to 
speak ill, requires only our silence, and costs us 
nothing. 



Moral Observations. 


9 i 


The manners of a well-bred man are equally re¬ 
mote from insipid complaisance, and low familiarity. 

Wisdom is the grey hairs to a man, and an un¬ 
spotted life is the most venerable old age. 

Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel 
before every action. 

Most men are friends for their own purposes, and 
will not abide in the day of trouble. 

A friend cannot be known in prosperity; and an 
enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. 

He who discovereth secrets, loseth his credit, and 
will never secure valuable friendships. 

Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and for¬ 
get not the kindness of thy mother; how canst thou 
recompense them the things they have done for thee ? 

He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task 
he undertakes; for he is forced to invent many more 
to maintain it. 

The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself. 

True wisdom consists in the regulation and go¬ 
vernment of the passions ; and not in a technical 
knowledge of arts and sciences. 

Economy is no disgrace; it is better to live on a 
little, than to outlive a great deal. 

Almost all difficulties are to be overcome by in¬ 
dustry and perseverance. 

A small injury done to another, is a great injury 
done to yourself. 

He that sows thistles will not reap wheat. 

The weapon of the wise is reason; the weapon of 
fools is steel. 

Never defer that till to-morrow, which can be as 
well performed to-day. 

You must convince men before you can reform 
them. 

Habits of tenderness towards the meanest animals, 
beget habits of charity and benevolence towards our 
fellow-creatures. 

A man’s fortunes may always be retrieved, if he 
has retained habits of sobriety and industry. 



92 


Advice to Young Persons. 


ADVICE TO YOUNG PERSONS INTENDED FOR TRADE. 

By Dr. Benjamin Franklin. 

REMEMBER that tbne is money. —He that can earn ten 
shillings a-day at his labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle 
one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during 
his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only 
expense; he has spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings 
besides. 

Remember that credit is money. —If a man lets his money 
lie in my hands after it is due, because he has a good opin¬ 
ion of my credit, he gives me the interest, or so much as I 
can make of the money during that time. This amounts 
to a considerable sum where a man has large credit, and 
makes good use of it. 

Remember that money is of a prolific or multiplying 
nature. —Money can. produce money, and its offspring can 
produce more and so on. Five shillings turned is six; 
turned again, it is seven and three-pence; and so on, till it 
becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the 
more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise 
quicker and quicker. He that throws away a crown, de¬ 
stroys all that it might have produced, even scores of 
pounds. 

Remember that six pounds a year is but a groat a day .— 
For this little sum (which may be daily wasted, either in 
time or expense, unperceived) a man of credit may, on his 
own security, have the constant possession and use of a. 
hundred pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by an 
industrious man, produces great advantage. 

Rein ember this saying , “ The good paymaster is lord of 
another mails pursel' —He that is known to pay punctually 
and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and 
on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. 
This is sometimes of great use. Next to industry and fru¬ 
gality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a man in 
the world, than punctuality and justice in all his dealings; 
therefore never keep borrowed money an hour beyond the 
time promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend’s 
purse for ever. 

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to 
be regarded. —The sound of the hammer at five in the 
morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him 



Advice to Young Sfiopkeepers. 


93 


easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard- 
table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be 
at work, he sends for his money the next day, and demands 
it before it is convenient for you to pay him. 

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain 
as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two things, 
industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, 
but make the best use of both. 


GOLDEN RULES FOR YOUNG SHOPKEEPERS. 

By Sir Richard Phillips . 

1. Choose a good and commanding situation, even at a 
higher rate or premium ; for no money is so well laid out as 
for situation, providing good use be made of it. 

2. Take your shop door off the hinges at seven o’clock 
every morning, that no obstruction may be opposed to your 
customers. 

3. Clean and set out your windows before seven o’clock, 
and do this with your own hands, that you may expose for 
sale the articles which are most saleable, and which you 
most want to sell. 

4. Sweep before your house ; and, if required, open a 
footway from the opposite side of the street, that passengers 
may think of you while crossing, and that all your neigh¬ 
bours may be sensible of your diligence. 

5. Wear an apron, if such be the custom of your busi¬ 
ness, and consider it as a badge of distinction, which will 
procure you respect and credit. 

6. Apply your first return of ready money to pay debts 
before they are due, and give such transactions suitable 
emphasis by claiming discount. 

7. Always be found at home, and in some way em¬ 
ployed ; and remember that your meddling neighbours have 
their eyes upon you, and are constantly gauging you by 
your appearances. 

8. Re-weigh and re-measure all your stock, rather than 
let it be supposed you have nothing to do. 

9. Keep some article cheap, that you may draw custo¬ 
mers and enlarge your intercourse. 

10. Keep up the exact quality,, or flavour, of all articles 
which you find are approved of by your customers j and by 
this means you will enjoy their preference. 





94 


Advice to Young Shopkeepers. 


11. Buy for ready money as often as you have any to 
spare; and when you take credit, pay to a day, and un¬ 
asked. 

12. No advantage will ever arise to you, from any osten¬ 
tatious display of expenditure. 

13. Beware of the odds and ends of a stock, of rem¬ 
nants, of spoiled goods, and of waste, for it is in such 
things that your profits lie. 

14. In serving your customers be firm and obliging, and 
never lose your temper, —for nothing is got by it. 

15. Always be seen at church or chapel on Sunday; 
never at a gaming table : and seldom at theatres or at 
places of amusement. 

16. Prefer a prudent and discreet, to a rich and showy 
wife. 

17. Spend your evenings by your own fire-side, and shun 
a public-house or a sottish club, as you would a bad debt. 

18. Subscribe with your neighbours to a book-club, and 
improve your mind, that you may be qualified to use your 
future affluence with credit fo yourself, and advantage to 
the public. 

19. Take stock every year, estimate your profits, and do 
not spend above one fourth. 

20. Avoid the common folly of expending your pre¬ 
cious capital upon a costly architectural front; such things 
operate on the world like paint on a woman’s cheek,— 
repelling beholders instead of attracting them. 

21. Every pound wasted by a young tradesman is two 
pounds lost at the end of three years, and two hundred and 
fifty-six pounds at the end of twenty-four years. 

22. To avoid being robbed and ruined by apprentices 
and assistants, never allow them to go from home in the 
evening; and the restriction will prove equally useful to 
master and servant. 

23. Remember that prudent purchasers avoid the shop 
of an extravagant and ostentatious trader; for they justly 
consider, that, if they deal with him, they must contribute 
to his follies. 

24. Let these be your rules till you have realised your 
stock, and till you can take discount for prompt payment 
on all purchases; and you may then indulge in any degree 
which your habits and sense of prudence suggest. 



Words of nearly the same Sound. 95 


Alphabetical Collection of Words, neatly tie same in 
Sound, but different in Spelling and Signification. 


Accidence, a book 
Accidents, chances 
Account, esteem 
Accompt, reckoning 
Acts, deeds 
Ax, a hatchet 
Hacks, doth hack 
Adds, doth add 
Adze, a cooper’s 
axe 

Ail, to be ill 
Ale, malt liquor 
Hail, to salute 
Hail, frozen rain 
Hale, strong 
Air, to breathe 
Heir, oldest son 
Hair, of the head 
Hare, an animal 
Are, they be 
Ere, before 
All, every one 
Awl, to bore with 
Hall, a large room 
Haul, to pull 
Allowed, granted 
Aloud, with a noise 
Altar, for sacrifice 
Alter, to change 
Halter, a rope 
Ant, an emmet 
Aunt, parent’s sister 
Haunt, to frequent 
Ascent, going up 
Assent, agreement 
Assistance, help 
Assistants, helpers 
Augur, a soothsayer 
Au*er, a carpen¬ 
ters tool 


Bail, a surety 
Bale, a large parcel 
Ball, a sphere 
Baivl, to cry out 
Beau, a fop 
Bow, to shoot with 
Bear, to carry 
Bear, a beast 
Bare, naked 
Base, mean 
Bass, a part in music 
Base, bottom 
Bays, bay leaves 
Be, the verb 
Bee, an insect 
Beer, a drink 
Bier, a carriage for 
the dead 

Bean, a kind of pulse 
Been, from to be 
Beat, to strike 
Beet, a root 
Bell, to ring 
Belle, a young lady 
Berry, a small fruit 
Bury, to inter 
Blew, did blow 
Blue, a colour 
Boar, a beast 
Boor, a clown 
Bore, to make a hole 
Bore, did bear 
Bolt, a fastening 
Boult, to sift meal 
Boy, a lad 
Buoy, a water mark 
Bread, baked flour 
Bred, brought up 
Burr 07 V, a hole in 
the earth 


Borough, a corpor¬ 
ation 
By, near 
Buy, to purchase 
Bye, indirectly 
Brews, breweth 
Bruise, to crush 
But, except 
Butt ,two hogsheads 
Calendar, almanack 
Calender, to smooth 
Cannon, a great gun 
Canon, a law 
Cativas ,coarse cloth 
Canvass, to ex¬ 
amine 

Cart, a carriage 
Chatt, a map 
Cell, a cave 
Sell, to dispose of 
Cellar, under 
ground 

Seller ,one who sells 
Censer, for incense 
Censor, a critic 
Cetisure, blame 
Cession, resigning 
Session, assize 
Centaury, an herb 
Century, 100 years 
Sentry, a guard 
Choler, anger 
Collar, for the neck 
Ceilmg, of a room 
Sealing, of a letter 
Clause, of a sente nee 
Claws, of a bird or 
beast 

Coarse, not fine 
j Course, a race 







96 Words of nearly the same Sound\ 


Corse, a dead body 
Complement, full 
number 

Compliment, to 
speak politely 
Concert, of music 
Consort ; a compa¬ 
nion 

Cousin, a relation 
Cozen, to cheat 
Council, an assem¬ 
bly 

Counsel, advice 
Cruise, to sail up 
and down 
Crews, ships’ com¬ 
panies 

Currant, a small 
fruit 

Current, a stream 
Creek, of the sea 
Creak, to make a 
noise 

Cygnet, a young 
swan 

Signet, a seal 
Dear, of great value 
Deer, in a park 
Dew, moisture 
Due, owing 
Descent, going down 
Dissent, to disagree 
Dcpendance, trust 
Dependants, those 
who are subject 
Devices, inventions 
Devises, contrives 
Decease, death 
Disease, disorder 
Doe, a she-deer 
Dough, paste 
Done, performed 
Dun, a colour 


Dun, a troublesome 
creditor 

Draught, of drink 
Draft, drawing 
Urn, a vessel 
Earn, to gain by 
labour 

East, a point of the 
compass 
Yeast, barm 
Eminent, noted 
Imminent, impend¬ 
ing 

Ewe, a female sheep 
Yew, a tree 
You, thou or ye 
Hew, to cut 
Hue, colour 
Hufi, a man’s name 
Your, a pronoun 
Ewer, a kind of jug 
Eye, to see with 
/, myself 
Fiin, gladly 
Fane, a temple 
Feign, to dissemble 
Faint, weary 
Feint, pretence 
Fair, handsome 
Fair, merry-making 
Fare, charge 
Fare, food 
Feet, part of the body 
Feat, exploit 
File, a steel instru- 
ment 

Foil, to overcome 
Fillip, a snap with 
the finger 

Philip, a man’s 
name 

I Fir, a tree 
I Fur, of a skin 


; Flee, to run away 
Flea, an insect 
Flew, did fly 
Flue, down 
Flue, of a chimney 
Flour, ground wheat 
| Flower, of the field 
Forth, abroad 
Fourth, the number 
Frays, quarrels 
Phrase, a sentence 
Frances, a woman’s 
name 

Francis , a man’s 
name 

Gesture, action 
Jester, a joker 
Gilt, with gold 
Guilt, sin 
Grate, a fireplace 
Great, large 
Grater, for nutmeg 
Greater, larger 
Groan, a sigh 
Grown, increased 
Guess, to think 
Guest, a visitor 
Hart, a deer 
Heart, in the cavity 
of the chest 
! Art, skill 
Heal, to cure 
Heel, part of the foot 
Eel, a fish 
Helm, a rudder 
Elm, a tree 
Hear, the sense 
Here, in this place 
Heard, did hear 
Herd, cattle 
I, myself 
Hie, to haste 
High, lofty 











but of different Significations. 


97 


Hire, wages 
He, great anger 
Him, from he 
Hymn, a song 
Hole, a cavity 
Whole, not broken 
Hoop, for a tub 
Whoop, to halloo 
Zfoy/,agreat number 
Host, a landlord 
Idle, lazy 
Idol ’ an image 

of a church 
/>/<?, an island 
Impostor, a cheat 
Imposture, deceit 
In, within 
bin , a public house 
Incite, to stir up 
Insight, knowledge 
Indite, to dictate 
Indict, to accuse 
Ingenious, skilful 
Ingenuous, frank 
Intense, excessive 
Intents, purposes 
Kill, to murder 
Kiln, to dry malt on 
Knave, a rogue 
Nave, middle of a 
wheel 

Knead, to work 
dough 
Need, want 
Knew, did know 
New, not worn 
Knight, a title of 
honour 

Night, darkness 
Key, for a lock 
Quay, a wharf 
Knot, to tie 
Not, denying 


Ktiow, to under¬ 
stand 
No, not 

Leak, to run out 
Leek, a kind of 
onion 

Lease, a letting 
Lees, dregs 
Leash, three 
Lead, a metal 
Led, conducted 
Least, smallest 
Lest, for fear 
Lessen, to make less 
Lesson , in reading 
Lo, behold 
Low, mean, humble 
Loose, slack 
Lose, not win 
Lore, learning 
Lower, more low 
Made, finished 
Maid, a virgin 
Main, chief 
Mane, of a horse 
Male, he 
Mail, armour 
Mail, post-coach 
Manner, custom 
Manor, a lordship 
Mare, a she-horse 
Mayor, of a town 
Marshal, a general 
Martial, warlike 
Mean, low 
Mean, to intend 
Mean, middle 
Mien, air, look 
Meat, flesh 
Meet, fit 

Mete, to measure 
Meddler, a busy¬ 
body 


| Medlar, a fruit 
Message, an errand 
Messuage, a house 
Metal, substance 
Mettle, vigour 
Might, power 
Mite, an insect 
Moan, lamentation 
Mown, cut down 
Moat, a ditch 
Mote, spot in the 
eye 

Moor, a fen or 
marsh 

More, in quantity 
Mortar, to pound in 
Mortar, made of 
lime 

Muslin, fine linen 
Muzzling, tying the 
mouth 
Naught, bad 
Nought, nothing 
Nay, denying 
Neigh, as a horse 
Noose, a knot 
News, tidings 
Oar, to row with 
Ore, uncast metal 
Of belonging to 
Off, at a distance 
Oh, alas ! 

Owe, to be indebted 
Old , aged 
Hold, to keep 
One, in number 
Won, did win 
Our, of us 
Hour, sixty minutes 
Pail, a bucket 
Pale, colour 
Pale, a fence 
Pain, torment 

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Pane, a square of 
glass 
Pair , two 
Pare, to peel 
j Pear, a fruit 
Palate, of the mouth 
Pallet, a painter’s 
board 

Pallet, a little bed 
Pastor, a minister 
Pasture, grazing 

land 

Patience, mildness 
Patients, sick 

people 

Peace, quietness 
Piece, a part 
Peer, a nobleman 
Pier, of a bridge 
Pillar, a column 
Pillow, to lay the 
head on 

Pint, half a quart 
Point, a sharp end 
Place, situation 
Plaice, a fish 

to beseech 
Prey, booty 
Precedent, an ex¬ 
ample 

President, governor 
Principal, chief 
Principle, rule or 
cause 

Raise, to lift 
Rays, beams of light 
Raisin,^ dried grape 
Reason, argument 
Relic, remainder 
Relict, a widow 
Right, just, true 


Right, one hand 
Rite, a ceremony 
Sail, of a ship 
Sale, the act of 
selling 

Salary, wages 
Celery, an herb 
Scent, a smell 
Sent, ordered away 
Sea, the ocean 
See, to view 
Seam, a joining 
Seem, to pretend 
So, thus 

Sow, to cast seed 
Sew, with a needle 
Sole, alone 
■Sole, of the foot 
Soul, the spirit 
Soar, to mount 
Sore, a wound 
Some, part 
Sum, amount 
Straight, direct 
Strait, narrow 
Sweet, not sour 
Suite, attendants 
Surplice, white robe 
Surplus, over and 
above 

Subtile, fine, thin 
Subtle, cunning 
Talents, good parts 
Talons, claws 
Team, of horses 
Teem, to overflow 
Tenor, intent 
Tenure, occupation 
Their, belonging to 
them 

There, in that place 


Threiv, did throw 
Through, all along 
Thyme, an herb 
Time, duration 
Treaties, conven¬ 

tions 

Treatise, a discourse 
Vain, foolish 
Vane, a weather¬ 
cock 

Vein, a blood-vessel 
Vial, a small bottle 
Viol, a fiddle 
Wain, a cart or 
waggon 

Wane, to decrease 
Wait, to stay 
Weight, for scales 
Wet, moist 
Whet, to sharpen 
Wail, to mourn 
Whale, a fish 
Ware, merchandise 
Wear, to put on 
Were, from to be 
Where, in what 
place 
Way, road 
Weigh, in scales 
Wey, a measure 
Whey, of milk 
Week, seven days 
Weak, faint 
Weather, state of 
the air 
Whether, if 
Wither, to decay 
Whither, to which 
place 

Which, what 
Witch, a sorceress 








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OMNIPOTENCE. 


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THE spacious firmament on high, 

With all the blue ethereal sky, 

And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
Their great original proclaim : 

Th’ unwearied sun, from day to day, 
Does his Creator’s power display, 

And publishes to every land 
The work of an Almighty hand. 

Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
The moon takes up the wond’rous tale 
And, nightly, to the list’ning earth, 
Repeats the story of her birth : 













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While all the stars that round her bum, 
And all the planets, in their turn, 
Confess the tidings as they roll, 

And spread the truth from pole to pole. 

What though in solemn silence all 
Move rou-nd this dark terrestrial ball 
What though no real voice nor sound 
Amid the radiant orbs be found ; 

In reason’s ear they all rejoice, 

And utter forth a glorious voice, 

For ever singing, as they shine, 

“The Hand that made us is divine. 



THE BIBLE THE BEST OF BOOKS, 

WHAT taught me that a Great First Cause 
Existed ere creation was, 

And gave a universe its laws ? The Bible. 

What guide can lead me to this power, 

Whom conscience calls me to adore, 

And bids me seek him more and more ? The Bible. 

When all my actions prosper well, 

And higher hopes my wishes swell, 

What points where truer blessings dwell ? The Bible. 

When passions with temptations join, 

To conquer every power of mine, 

What leads me then to help divine ? 


The Bible. 







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When pining cares, and wasting pain, 

My spirits and my life-blood drain, 

What soothes and turns e’en these to gain ? The Bible. 

When crosses and vexations teaze, 

And various ills my bosom seize, 

What is it that in life can please ? The Bible. 

When horror chills my soul with fear, 

And nought but gloom and dread appear, 

What is it then my mind can cheer? The Bible. 


When impious doubts my thoughts perplex, 

And mysteries my reason vex, 

Where is the guide which then directs? The Bible. 


And when affliction’s fainting breath, 

Warns me I’ve done with all beneath, 

What can compose my soul in death ? The Bible. 


DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOURS. 

LOVE God with all your soul and strength 
W T ith all your heart and mind ; 

And love your neighbour as yourself— 

Be faithful, just, and kind. 

Deal with another as you’d have 
Another deal with you; 

What you’re unwilling to receive, 

Be sure you never do. 








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THE BLIND BOY, 

O SAY, what is that thing call’d light, 
Which I must ne’er enjoy? 

What are the blessings of the sight ? 

O tell your poor Blind Boy! 

You talk of won’drous things you see ; 

You say the sun shines bright; 

I feel him warm, but how can he 
Or make it day or night ? 

My day and night myself I make, 
Whene’er I sleep or play; 

And could I always keep awake. 

With me ’twere always day. 

With heavy sighs I often hear 
You mourn my hapless woe; 

But sure with patience I can bear 
A loss I ne’er can know. 

Then let not what I cannot have 
My cheer of mind destroy. 

While thus I sing, I am a king, 
Although a poor Blind Boy. 










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THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM. 

THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 

And feed me with a shepherd’s care j 
His presence shall my wants supply, 

And guard me with a watchful eye; 

My noon-day walks he shall attend, 

And all my midnight hours defend. 

When in the sultry glebe I faint, 

Or on the thirsty mountain pant; 

To fertile vales, and dewy meads, 

My weary wandering steps he leads ; 
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
Amidst the verdant landscape flow. 

Though in the path of death I tread, 
With gloomy horrors overspread 
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill ; 

For thou, O Lord ! art with me still. 

Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 

And guide me through the dreadful shade. 

Though in a bare and rugged way, 
Through devious lonely wilds I stray, 

Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : 

The barren wilderness shall smile, 

With sudden green and herbage crown’d, 
And streams shall murmur all around. 






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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 

I WOULD not enter on my list of friends 
(Though grac’d with polish’d manners and fine sense, 
Yet wanting sensibility) the man 
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. 

An inadvertent step may crush the snail 
That crawls at ev’ening in the public path; 

But he that has humanity, forwam’d, 

Will tread aside and let the reptile live. 

For they are all, the meanest things that are, 

As free to live and to enjoy that life, 

As God was free to form them at the first, 

Who in his sov’reign wisdom made them all. 


THE BEGGAR’S PETITION. 

PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, 

Whose trembling steps have borne him to your door, 
Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, 

Oh! give relief, and Heav’n will bless your store. 

These tatter’d clothes my poverty bespeak, 

These hoary locks proclaim my lengthen’d years, 

And many a furrow in my grief-worn cheek. 

Has been a channel to a flood of tears. 






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Yon house erected on the rising ground, 

With tempting aspect drew me from the road; 

For Plenty there a residence has found. 

And Grandeur a magnificent abode. 

Hard is the fate of the infirm and poor! 

Here, as I crav’d a morsel of their bread, 

A pamper’d menial drove me from the door, 

To seek a shelter in an humbler shed. 

Oh! take me to your hospitable dome ; 

Keen blows the wind, and piercing is the cold ; 
Short is my passage to the friendly tomb; 

For I am poor, and miserably old. 

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Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, 

Whose trembling steps have borne him to your door, 
Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, 

Oh! give relief, and Heav’n will bless your store. 


MY MOTHER. 


WHO fed me from her gentle breast, 

And hush’d me in her arms to rest, 

And on my cheek sweet kisses prest ? 

My Mother. 

When sleep forsook my open eye, 

Who was it sung sweet lullaby, 

And sooth’d me that I should not cry ? 

My Mother. 

Who sat and watch’d my infant head, 
When sleeping on my cradle bed; 

And tears of sweet affection shed ? 

My Mother. 

When pain and sickness made me cry, 
Who gaz’d upon my heavy eye, 

And wept, for fear that I should die ? 

My Mother. 

Who lov’d to see me pleased and gay, 
And taught me sweetly how to play, 

And minded all I had to say ? 

My Mother, 

Who ran to help me when I fell, 

And would some pretty story tell, 

Or kiss the place to make it well ? 

My Mother. 

Who taught my infant heart to pray, 

And love God’s holy book and day; 

And taught me Wisdom’s pleasant way? 

My Mother. 






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And can I ever cease to be 

Affectionate and kind to thee, 

Who wast so very kind to me, 

My Mother. 

Ah, no ! the thought I cannot bear 

And if God p.ease my life to spare 

I hope I shall reward thy care, 

My Mother. 

When thou art feeble, old, and grey, 

My healthy arm shall be thy stay; 

And I will soothe thy pains away, 

My Mother. 

And when I see thee hang thy head, 
’Twill be my turn to watch thy bed ; 

And tears of sweet affection shed, 

My Mother. 

For God who lives above the skies, 

Would look with vengeance in his eyes 

If I should ever dare despise, 

My Mother. 












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PRAYERS. 



A Morning Prayer. 

GLORY to thee, O Lord! who hast preserved me from the perils 
of the night past, who hast refreshed me with sleep, and raised me 
again to praise thy holy name. 

Incline my heart to all that is good : that I may be modest and 
humble, true and just, temperate and diligent, respectful and obedient 
to my superiors; that I may fear and love thee above all things ; that 
I may love my neighbour as myself, and do to every one as 1 would 
they should do unto me. 

Bless me, I pray thee, in my learning : and help me daily to in¬ 
crease in knowledge, and wisdom, and all virtue. 

I humbly beg thy blessing upon all our spiritual pastors and masters, 
all my relations and friends [particularly my father and mother , my 
brothers and sisters , and every one in this house]. Grant them whatso¬ 
ever may be good for them in this life, and guide them to life ever¬ 
lasting. 

I humbly commit myself to thee, O Lord! in the name of Jesus 
Christ my Saviour, and in the words which he himself hath taught me. 
Our Father , Grc. 


An Evening Prayer. 

GLORY be to thee, O Lord ! who hast preserved me the day past, 
who hast defended me from all the evils to which I am constantly ex¬ 
posed in this uncertain life, who hast continued my health, who hast 
bestowed upon me all tilings necessary for life and godliness. 



















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I humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father ! to pardon whatsoever 
thou hast seen amiss in me this day, in my thoughts, words, or actions. 
Bless to me, I pray thee, whatsoever good instructions have been given 
me this day: help me carefully to remember them and duly to improve 
them: that I may be ever growing in knowledge, and wisdom, and 
goodness. 

I humbly beg thy blessing also upon all our spiritual pastors, and 
masters, all my relations and friends [ particularly my father and mother, 
my brothers and sisters , and every one in this house]. Let it please thee 
to guide us all in this life present, and to conduct us to thy heavenly 
kingdom. 

I humbly commit my soul and body to thy care this night: begging 
thy gracious protection and blessing, through Jesus Christ our only 
Lord and Saviour, in whose words I conclude my prayer. Our 
Father , &>c. 


Grace before Meals. 

SANCTIFY, O Lord ! we beseech thee, these thy productions to 
our use, and us to thy service, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Grace after Meals. 

BLESSED and praised be thy holy name, O Lord, for this and all 
thy other blessings bestowed upon us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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